Abhishek Verma (archer)

Abhishek Verma (born 26 June 1989) is an Indian archer. At the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea, he won the gold medal in the men's compound archery team event along with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar, and the silver medal in the men's individual compound event. On 15 August 2015, he won a gold medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Wroclaw, Poland. On 25 October 2015, he won the silver medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Final in Mexico city.

Abhishek Verma
The President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2014 to Abhishek Verma
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) (2014)
Weight80 kg (176 lb) (2014)
Sport
Country India
SportArchery
EventCompound
Coached byLokesh Chand
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking6
Medal record
Representing  India
World Archery Championships
2021 Yankton Mixed team
Asian Games
2022 HangzhouCompound Men's Team
2022 HangzhouCompound individual
2018 JakartaCompound Men's Team
2014 IncheonCompound Men's Team
2014 IncheonCompound individual
World Cup
2022 AntalyaCompound Men's Team
2021 ParisCompound Individual
2015 WroclawCompound Individual
2018 ShanghaiCompound Men's Team
2015 Mexico CityCompound Individual
2018 SamsunCompound Individual
2018 SamsunCompound Mixed Team
2014 WroclawCompound Mixed Team
2015 ShanghaiCompound Men's Team
2018 AntalyaCompound Men's Team
2018 BerlinCompound Mixed Team
2018 Salt lake CityCompound Mixed Team
2018 AntalyaCompound Mixed Team
2017 AntalyaCompound Mixed Team
2018 ShanghaiCompound Mixed Team
Asian Archery Championships
2019 BangkokMixed Team
2017 DhakaIndividual
2015 BangkokTeam
2013 TaipeiIndividual
2013 TaipeiMixed Team
2013 TaipeiTeam
2021 DhakaIndividual
2019 BangkokTeam
2017 DhakaTeam
2017 DhakaMixed Team
2021 DhakaTeam
Updated on 28 June 2021.

The Indian men's compound team, that was composed of Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Amanjeet Singh, won bronze on the penultimate day of the archery World Cup stage one championship in Shanghai, after defeating Colombia for 226–221.

Abhishek Verma works as an income tax Asst. Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He backs his position by holding the top rank in selection trails.

On 17 November 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's compound archery team event along with Rishabh Yadav and Aman Saini at the 22nd Asian Archery Championship in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In Year 2022, teaming with Jyothi Surekha Vennam, he won gold medal in compound mixed team archery event in Archery World Cup held at Paris,France.

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