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Jayalakshmi Sarikonda

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Jayalakshmi Sarikonda
Medal record
Women's compound archery
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Bangkok Team

Jayalakshmi Sarikonda (b. 19 August 1994[1] in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India), is an Indian archer. She has competed internationally since 2008–present. Her nickname is Lakshmi.[citation needed]

Early life

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Lakshmi was originally a rifle shooter. At age 11 she turned to archery.[citation needed]

Her father is Sarikonda Trinadh (mining engineer) and Vani (teacher). Her sibling is Sarikonda Saisiddardh).[citation needed] She gives all the credit to her father.[citation needed]

Career

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She competes in the compound women event. She won medals in international archery events. She was part of the 2009 and 2013[2] bronze winning teams in the youth championships.[citation needed] Lakshmi was the youngest in the 2009 world championships.[citation needed] She won laurels for the nation in both senior and junior categories.[citation needed] Lakshmi was declared the most promising archer of 2009 by Sahara Indiapariwar.[citation needed] She received the Shiv Chatrapati award from the Maharastra government. She won the silver medal in the team event at the 2015 Asian archery championships.[3] She was awarded the Women Of The Year Award 2012 by Dainik Bhaskar Group.[citation needed] She has displayed her talent on reality shows on Sony TV, Adhurs and Super on ETV Telugu, and ETV Kannada.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "India National Games 2015 Kerala". Kerala. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Gran cosecha mexicana en Mundial Juvenil de Tiro con Arco" [Great Mexican harvest in World Youth Archery] (in Spanish). medio tiempo. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ^ "19th Asian Archery Championships 2015" (PDF).
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