Talented player Amit Kumar of Madhya Pradesh State Archery Academy, Jabalpur will represent the Indian Archery Team in the Cadet World Archery Competition to be held at Rocklaw City, Poland from August 9 to 15, 2021.
On the selection of Amit Kumar in the Indian archery team, the Sports and Youth Welfare Minister of the state Yashodhara Raje Scindia expressed happiness and congratulated Amit Kumar. She wished Amit all the best while encouraging him to perform brilliantly in the World Archery Competition and win medals for the country.
It is noteworthy that Amit Kumar, who has been training at Madhya Pradesh State Archery Academy, Jabalpur since 2016, is learning the art of archery game from the instructor of the academy, Richpal Singh Salaria.
Amit won gold medal for Madhya Pradesh in the team event of Senior National Archery Competition held in Pune Maharashtra in the year 2018.
In the same year, he won gold in individual event of mini national archery competition held in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and silver medal in mixed team event for Madhya Pradesh. He won the bronze medal in the individual event of junior national archery competition held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand in March 2021 and silver medal in the mixed team event for Madhya Pradesh.