Atanu Das Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More
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Hometown: Baranagar, West Bengal
Wife: Deepika Kumari
Age: 31 Years
Bio/Wiki | |
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Profession | Archer |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in feet & inches- 5’ 9” |
Weight (approx.) | in kilograms- 60 kg in pounds- 132 lbs |
Eye Colour | Brown |
Hair Colour | Black |
Archery | |
International Debut | Year, 2008 |
Handedness | Right |
Coach(es) | Mithu Da, Lim Chae Wong, Juan Carlos Holgado |
Medal(s) | Gold • 2010: Recurve Boys’ Team at 33rd Junior National Archery Championships • 2011: Recurve Mixed Team at 3rd Asian Grand Prix • 2011: Recurve Men’s Individual at 3rd Asian Grand Prix • 2011: Recurve Men’s Team at 34th National Games • 2017: Individual Event at Indoor Archery World Cup • 2021: Individual Event at Archery World Cup • 2021: Mixed Team Event at Archery World Cup • 2022: Individual Event at National Games Silver • 2011: Recurve Junior Men’s Team Men at Youth World Championship • 2011: Team Event at World Archery Youth Championships • 2014: Team Event at Archery World Cup • 2014: Recurve Men’s Individual at Senior National Archery Championships • 2016: Team Event at World Cup • 2017: Team Event at Asian Outdoor Championships • 2019: Team Event at World Archery Youth Championships • 2022: Team Event at Asian Games • 2023: Team Event at Archery World Cup Bronze • 2011: Recurve Men’s Team at 3rd Asian Grand Prix • 2011: Recurve Men’s Team at 31st Sahara Senior National Archery Championships • 2013: Recurve Men’s Team at Asian Archery Grand Prix • 2013: Recurve Mixed Team at Asian Archery Grand Prix • 2013: Recurve Men’s Individual at Asian Archery Grand Prix • 2013: Team Event at Archery World Cup • 2014: Team Event at Archery World Cup • 2016: Team Event at Archery World Cup • 2019: Individual Event at Asian Outdoor Championships • 2019: Team Event at Asian Outdoor Championships • 2021: Team Event at Archery World Cup • 2023: Team Event at Archery World Cup |
Award(s) | 2020: Arjuna Award • 2021: The Times of India TOISA Archer of the Year |
Career Turning Point | In 2013, when he won Bronze with Deepika Kumari at the World Cup in Columbia. |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 5 April 1992 (Sunday) |
Age (as of 2023) | 31 Years |
Birthplace | Baranagar, West Bengal |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Baranagar, West Bengal |
School | Narendranath Vidyamandir, Baranagar, West Bengal (1997-2009) |
College/University | Vinayaka Mission University in Salem, Tamil Nadu |
Educational Qualification | BA (Hons) [1]The Indian Express |
Religion | Hinduism |
Ethnicity | Bengali |
Hobbies | Travelling, Collecting Stamps |
Tattoo(s) | He has big tattoos (including Olympic rings) inked on both his arms. |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Deepika Kumari (archer) |
Engagement Date | Year, 2018 |
Marriage Date | 30 June 2020 |
Marriage Place | Morabadi, Ranchi, Jharkhand |
Family | |
Wife/Spouse | Deepika Kumari |
Children | Daughter- The couple has a daughter. |
Parents | Father- Amit Das Mother- Arati Das |
Siblings | Sister- Shreya Dey |
Style Quotient | |
Car Collection | Mercedes |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Atanu Das
- Atanu Das is an Indian Archer. He represents India at recurve men’s individual and team events.
- When he was 14 years old, he started his training in archery under the Indian coach Mithu Da.
- His father enrolled him in Tata Archery Academy, Jamshedpur in 2008. There, he did his training under the Korean coach Lim Chae Wong.
- He once shared that when he started archery training, people around him used to compare him to various mythological characters like Arjuna and Karna and make fun of him.
- At a very young age, he won various archery matches at district level and state level.
- After making his international debut in 2008, he participated in various archery competitions like the Outdoor Archery Summer Olympic Games, Archery World Cup, Asian Games, Asian Outdoor Championships, National Games, Olympics, and Junior National Archery Championships.
- In 2016, he was selected to represent India at the Rio Olympics in the Recurve Men’s Individual Event.
- In an interview, he shared that while he was training at Tata Academy, he met the Indian archer Deepika Kumari for the first time. Initially, due to their language barrier, they did not talk to each other. However, later, while practising together, they started talking to each other and became good friends. In 2017, after they lost the World Championships in Mexico City, Atanu proposed to her, and they started dating each other.
- The Bharat Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, Kolkata has appointed him as one of the employees.
- Atanu is a huge fan of sneakers and has a collection of various sneakers.
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- He loves animals and owns a pet dog named GSD.
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