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- Published: August 6, 2023 17:23
New Delhi: Aditi Gopichand Swami, a 17-year-old archer from India, made history at the current Global Archery Championships by winning the compound women’s gold medal and becoming the youngest archer to ever win a world title.
The young Indian talent won the final match against Andrea Becerra of Mexico, 149-147. After winning a gold medal in the compound women’s team event on Friday, August 4, the individual gold allowed her to earn the title of ‘double world champion.’
> The Youngest Ever World Champion,
Gold for India!#Kudos to Archer #Aditi Gopichand Swami for scripting history by giving India its first ever individual Gold medal at World Archery Championships-2023 in Berlin.
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— RajeshMulka (@RajeshMulka86) August 5, 2023
In July of 2023, at the World Archery Youth Championships in Limerick, Ireland, the then-17-year-old won both the individual and team gold medals, making 2023 a banner year for her.
Aditi won the tournament after surviving a tense quarterfinal against Netherlands’ Sanne De Laat and a decisive semifinal victory against fellow Indian Jyothi Surekha Vennam.
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— TeluguStop.com (@telugustop) August 5, 2023
Aditi showed great composure as she confidently shot a perfect 30 on four successive ends in the finals, clinching the championship.
About Aditi
In order to provide Aditi with better access to sporting facilities, her family relocated to Satara City from a town 15 kilometres distant. Her dad, Gopichand, is a math teacher in Satara. Gopichand was a sports fanatic, and he encouraged his daughter to participate in at least one activity.
About the time she was 12, Gopichand started introducing her to several sports at the city’s Shahu Stadium. Aditi saw a small group over to one side, who were putting up their targets and fixing their arrows for an archery competition.