Aditi Swami
First Indian woman to win individual compound world gold.
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Aditi Swami, born on 15 June 2006, is an Indian compound archer. She made history at the 2023 World Championships by winning the gold medal in the women's individual compound event, the first Indian woman to do so. At just 17, she also became the youngest world champion in archery during the World Cup era (post-2006).
Her father, Gopichand, a maths teacher, moved from a nearby village to Satara to support her training. When she was 12, he took her to Shahu Stadium to introduce her to sports. While she saw children playing football and training in athletics, she chose archery, which a small group was practicing in a corner. She later trained under coach Pravin Sawant in a sugarcane field.
In 2023, she was part of India’s first-ever gold medal-winning women’s team at the World Archery Championships, alongside Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur. That same year, she won two gold medals at the World Archery Youth Championships and was also on the gold medal-winning Indian team at the 2022 Asian Games. On 9 January 2024, she received the Arjuna Award from the President of India.
Lore & Background
Aditi Swami's father Gopichand, a maths teacher, moved to Satara from a nearby village to support her training. When she was 12, he took her to the city's Shahu Stadium to introduce her to sports.
She saw children playing football and training in athletics but chose archery, which was being practiced by a small group at one corner. She later trained under coach Pravin Sawant in a sugar cane field. She was 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.
Reader's Guide
Aditi Swami's significance lies in her historic achievement as the first Indian female archer to win the gold medal in the women's individual compound event at the World Championships, a feat accomplished in 2023. At age 17, she became the youngest World Champion in archery in the World Cup era (post-2006). Her individual gold was complemented by her role in India's first ever World Archery Championships team gold in the women's compound event, alongside Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur.
In the same year, she won two gold medals at the World Archery Youth Championships and was part of the gold medal-winning Indian team at the Asian Games 2022. Her early training in a sugar cane field under coach Pravin Sawant, supported by her father's relocation to Satara, underscores the grassroots development that led to her international success. She received the Arjuna Award from the President of India on 9 January 2024.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Gold World Championships — 2023 Berlin Individual
- Gold World Cup — 2023 Paris Team
- Gold World Cup — 2024 Shanghai Team
- Gold World Cup — 2024 Yecheon Team
- Gold World Cup — 2024 Antalya Team
- Bronze World Cup — 2023 Medellín Team
- Gold Asian Games — 2022 Hangzhou Team
- Bronze Asian Games — 2022 Hangzhou Individual
- Gold Asian Championships — 2023 Bangkok Mixed team
- Gold Asia Cup — 2022 Sulaymaniyah Team
- Gold Asia Cup — 2022 Sharjah Team
- Gold Asia Cup — 2024 Baghdad Mixed team
- Silver Asia Cup — 2022 Sharjah Individual
- Silver Asia Cup — 2022 Phuket Team
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Aditi Swami (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
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- Wikipedia: Aditi Swami (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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