Atanu Das Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
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.
  

  Atanu Das in National Archery Championships 2023

• 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.
  

  Atanu Das with his pet dog