Aditi Swami

Aditi Gopichand Swami is an Indian archer from Maharashtra.[1] She became India's first ever individual world champion at the senior level when she won the Gold in the Compound Women's final at the 2023 World Archery Championships.[2] With this, she also became the youngest (aged 17) World Archery Champion in the World Cup era (post-2006).[3] At the same tourney, she was a part of the winning team of India's first ever World Archery Championships in the Women's team Compound event, along with Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur.[4][5]

Aditi Swami
Personal information
Full nameAditi Gopichand Swami
Born (2006-06-15) 15 June 2006
Satara, Maharashtra, India
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country India
SportArchery
TeamIndian Archery Women's Team
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouWomen's team compound
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouWomen's individual compound

She was also a double medalist at the 2023 World Archery Youth Championships, winning individual and team golds. In 2023, she was also part of the gold medal-winning Indian team at the Asian Games 2022.

References
  1. "Only 17 years old, but Aditi Swami's humble home overflows with medals". The Times of India. 2023-09-12. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  2. "Archery: Aditi Swami becomes India's first senior world champ". ESPN. 2023-08-05. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  3. "Aditi Gopichand Swami becomes youngest modern world champion | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. 2023-08-05. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  4. "Archery: India compound team wins historic Worlds gold". ESPN. 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  5. "Archery: Aditi Swami becomes India's first senior world champ". ESPN. 2023-08-05. Retrieved 2023-08-06.


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