Parth Salunkhe

Parth Salunkhe
Personal information
Full nameParth Sushant Salunkhe
Nationality Indian
BornSatara, Maharashtra
Sport
SportArchery
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking32
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  India
World Cup
2025 Shanghai Individual
Asian Championships
2021 Dhaka Men's team
Asian Cup
2022 Phuket Men's team
2022 Sulaymaniyah Men's team
2022 Sharjah Men's team
2023 Taoyuan Men's team
2022 Phuket Mixed team
2022 Sulaymaniyah Mixed team
2022 Sharjah Mixed team
2023 Singapore Men's team
2023 Singapore Individual
2022 Sulaymaniyah Individual
2022 Sharjah Individual
World Youth Championships
2021 Wrocław Men's team
2021 Wrocław Mixed team
2023 Limerick Individual
2023 Limerick Mixed team

Parth Sushant Salunkhe (born 2003) is an Indian recurve archer.[1] He's a silver medalist at the Asian Championships as well as a 4-time gold, 5-time silver, 2-time bronze medalist at the Asian Cup.[2] He's also a 3-time gold medalist and 1-time bronze medalist at the World Youth Championships.[3]

Early life

Salunkhe was born in Satara, Maharashtra. His father Sushant Salunkhe is a secondary school English teacher.[4] He completed his studies at New English Medium School and Shripatrao Patil High School.[5]

Career

In 2023, Salunkhe become the recurve men's individual champion at the World Youth Archery Championships.[6] He was the first Indian male archer to achieve this.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Parth Sushant Salunkhe | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Asian Archery Championships: India win three more medals on final day; end meet with seven". Olympics.
  3. ^ "Archery: Parth Salunkhe becomes first Indian to win Youth World Championship in recurve category". The Indian Express. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Parth Salunkhe, Aditi Swami latest archery heroes from drought-prone Satara". Business Standard.
  5. ^ "This 19-year-old world champion has set his sights on Olympics". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Archery champ Parth Salunkhe | Aiming for the stars". India Today. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  7. ^ Sarangi, Y. B. (10 July 2023). "Archer Salunkhe is recurve men's under-21 individual champion". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 September 2024.