Pranitha Vardhineni is an Indian Recurve Archer.[1]

Pranitha Vardhineni
Born
NationalityIndian
OccupationSportsperson (Archer)

Early years

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Pranitha Vardhineni was introduced to archery during her school years at the Rural Development Foundation's Kalleda Rural School in Warangal District, Telangana State, India.[2] It was from here that she won a Bronze medal at the National Sub-Junior Archery Championships in 2004.[3] This notable win led to her selection into the prestigious Tata Archery Academy in Jamshedpur, India.

Employment

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Pranitha Vardhineni was employed at the Indian railways, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

Since 2013, she has been working as an Archery Coach with the Sports Authority of India. She is currently posted at the Sports Training Centre in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.

National achievements

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Between 2004 and 2013, Pranitha Vardhineni participated in twelve national level archery competitions and secured a medal in eleven of them.

Year Name of Tournament Venue Medals
2013 34th Senior Nationals Jamsedhpur Gold-2

Silver-3

Bronze-1

2012 33rd Senior Nationals Chennai Silver-1
2007 33rd National Games Guwahati Silver-1
2012 32nd Senior Nationals Jamsedhpur Bronze-1
2011 31st Senior Nationals Vijaywada Participated
2010 30th Senior Nationals Guwahati Gold-1
2009 29th Senior Nationals Pune Gold-1

Silver-3

2008 28th Senior National Jamsedhpur Silver-2

Bronze-1

2007 27th Senior Nationals Viyaywada Silver-1

Bronze-1

2008 31st Junior Nationals Jamsedhpur Gold-2

Silver-2

Bronze-2

2007 30th Junior Nationals Amravati Gold-1

Bronze-1

2004 Sub- Junior Nationals Delhi Bronze-1

International achievements

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Between 2006 and 2015, Pranitha Vardhineni represented India in twenty one international archery competitions and secured a medal in twelve of them.

Year Tournament Venue Medals
2015 4th World Cup Medellin, Colombia Participated
2014 27th Asian Games Incheon, Korea Participated
2014 4th World Cup Poland Participated
2014 1st World Cup Shanghai, China Participated
2010 Commonwealth Games Invitational Test Event New Delhi, India Bronze
2010 Asian Archery Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Silver, Gold
2009 4th Asian Archery Grand Prix Dhaka, Bangladesh Gold
2009 4th Asian Archery Grand Prix Kolkata, India Participated
2009 2nd Asian Archery Grand Prix Teheran, Iran Gold
2009 1st Asian Archery Grand Prix Bangkok, Thailand Silver
2008 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix Manila, Philippines Silver
2008 Youth World Championship Antalya, Turkey Silver
2008 29th Olympic Games Beijing, China Participated
2008 2nd Asian Archery Grand Prix Teheran, Iran Silver
2008 World Cup Croatia, Porec Participated
2008 World Cup Santo Domingo, Dominican republic Participated
2008 2nd South Asian Archery Championship Jamsedhpur, India Gold
2008 1st Asian Archery Grand Prix Bangkok, Thailand Bronze
2007 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix Isfahan, Iran Participated
2007 2nd Archery Junior Championship Chinese Taipei Silver
2006 Cadet & Junior World Championship Mérida, Mexico Silver

2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing

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Pranitha Vardhineni represented India in the women's individual and team archery events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the individual event, she was ranked 31st in the qualifiers. She defeated Jane Waller of Australia by 106-100 in the round of 64, but lost to Kwon Un Sil of North Korea by 99-106 in the round of 32.[4] She teamed up with Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi in the team event. They were ranked sixth in the qualifiers. They got a bye in the round of 16, but lost to China by 206-211 in the quarterfinals.

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References

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  1. ^ "Pranitha Vardhineni". World Archery. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Alumni". Rural Development Foundation. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Sport : Kalleda School — redefining attitude towards sport". The Hindu. 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 10 February 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ^ Athlete biography: Pranitha Vardhineni, beijing2008.cn, ret: 23 August 2008