Tushar Shelke

Tushar Shelke

Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29)
Occupation	Sportsperson
Sport
Sport	Archery
Medal record Men's archery Representing  India Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's Team

Tushar Prabhakar Shelke (born 30 January 1995) is an Indian archer. He represents India in the recurve men's individual and team events. He is selected for the Indian Archery team to take part in the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.^[1] The Indian Men's recurve team consisting of Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tushar Shelke won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games.^[2][3]

Career

Tushar began his international career with the university games when he first did well at the Gwangju Summer Universiade.^[4] Later, he represented the country in various tournaments and was part of the recent teams that won bronze medals in the three World Cups in 2023 that served as the qualification meets for the World Championships. In 2023, he also won a gold medal at the Asian Grand Prix Circuit.^[4] He took part in the men's recurve team and individual events at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany.^[5][6] Later in the same year, he won a bronze in the men's recurve team and individual events at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany.^[5][6] He also won two other bronze medals at the World Cup Stage 3 in Medelin, Colombia Men's individual and Mixed team events.^{[5][7][8][9][10]} India also won a bronze in the Men's recurve team^[11] at the World Cup Stage 4 in Paris, France where Tushar was also part of the team.^[12]

References

1. "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
2. "Asian Games 2023: Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tushar Shelke bag Silver medal in recurve archery final". www.indiatvnews.com. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
3. "Asian Games 2023: India settle for silver in recurve men's team event in archery after losing to South Korea". India Today. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
4. "Tushar Prabhakar Shelke | World Archery". worldarchery.sport. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
5. "Archery SHELKE Tushar Prabhakar – The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
6. "Indian archers bag two bronze medals in World Cup Stage 4". The Economic Times. 2023-08-17. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
7. Scroll Staff (2023-06-17). "Archery World Cup Medellin: Bhajan Kaur-Tushar Shelke reach recurve mixed team bronze medal match". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
8. Sportstar, Team (2023-05-26). "Archery WC Stage-3 trials: Tushar, Mrinal selected in men's recurve; Parneet makes women's squad". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
9. "World Cup Stage 3: Indian archers win recurve team bronze". Rediff. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
10. Scroll Staff (2023-06-16). "Archery World Cup Medellin: India win men's recurve team bronze; Abhishek Verma in compound semis". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
11. "India claim recurve team bronze double | World Archery". worldarchery.sport. 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
12. "Indian archers bag two bronze medals in World Cup Stage 4". Hindustan Times. 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2023-10-05.

External links

• Tushar Shelke at Asian Games
• Tushar Shelke at World Archery