Rahul Banerjee (archer)

Rahul Banerjee (Bengali: রাহুল বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; born 15 December 1986) is an Indian Olympian and Arjuna Awardee archer.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, he won a gold medal in the individual recurve event and he is the First Indian Archer to win gold at CWG and a team bronze medal.

Rahul Banerjee was world ranking no.6 in Individual category in November 2008 On 21 June 2012, Banerjee qualified for the London Olympics by finishing second in the final qualification meet at Ogden, Utah, United States.

He was honored by KHEL SAMMAN & KOLKATA SHRI AWARD by WB STATE GOVT.

[5] He was honored by KHEL SAMMAN & KOLKATA SHRI AWARD by West Bengal State Government.

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2011 to Shri Rahul Banerjee for Archery, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2011.