Deepika Kumari has won the bronze medal in Women’s Recurve event at Antalya Archery World Cup held in Turkey. She defeated Chang Hye Jin of South Korea  6-2 in the finals to clinch the bronze medal. Previously Deepika put up a brave fight in the semi-finals but was unable to defeat Olympic gold medallist Ki Bo Bae of Korea. Deepika was the only Indian who made it to the last four as veteran Dola Banerjee, Satbir Kaur and Snehal Divakar all lost in the first round in individual women’s recurve competition.

In the Antalya 2015 recurve women’s event Misun Choi (KOR) and Bo Bae Ki (KOR) won gold and silver respectively.

Tidbits

• In 2014, Deepika Kumari was honored with FICCI Sportsperson of the Year Award.
• In 2013, she was conferred with Arjuna Award.
• Arjuna Award is India’s second highest sporting award.
• Deepika won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth games in the women’s individual recurve event.