Born on April 5, 1992, in West Bengal, the Indian Archer AtanuDas is currently in Tokyo taking part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as Recurve man’s Individualand Team events. He has defeated Chinese Taipei’s Yu-Cheng Dang in the 1/32 Eliminationround by 6-4, and later on he made a shocking finish at the Yumenoshima RankingField to the 1/8 Elimination round in the men’s individual archery, by knockingout South Korea’s Oh Jin Hyekin.
His world ranking on 22 July 2021 was 9th andhe made his debut in 2008. In Columbia, he along with his wife Deepika Kumarigot a bronze medal in the 2013 World Cup Mixed Team event. He started hispractice at the age of 14 and his coach was Mithu Da. He moved to tata ArcheryAcademy where he was coached by Lim Chae Wong, a Korean coach.
He is currently working in Bharat Petroleum CorporationLimited, Kolkata and recently he was filmed for the documentary for the worldarchery, which was related to archery. In the Men’s tournament of the 2020 Summer Olympics, the team gotknocked out by Team South Korea, and for the individual event, he managed toreach Round 8. He has worn a lot of medals.
With his recent win against Oh Jin Hyekin, he has sailedto the 1/8th elimination round and his next match is on Saturday,July 31, 2021, which is against Japan’s Takaharu Furukawa.