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Chekrovolü Swüro
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1982-11-21) 21 November 1982 (age 42)
Dzülhami, Nagaland
Sport
CountryIndia
SportArchery
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award to Ms. Chekrovolu Swuro for Archery, at the National Sports & Adventure awards ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on August 31, 2013

Chekrovolu Swuro (born 21 November 1982 in Dzulhami Village, Phek district, Nagaland[1]) is an Indian archer. She represented India in archery in the 2002 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Games held at Busan, South Korea, and Doha, Qatar, respectively. She was a member of the silver-medal-winning team in the 2011 World Archery Championships, held at Turin, Italy.[2] By winning a silver medal in the team event at the 2011 World Archery Championships in Turin, she qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in both women's individual and team archery.[3][4]

Personal life

Swuro lives in Dimapur, Nagaland. She serves as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Nagaland Armed Police (NAP). Her elder sister, Vesuzolu S.Vadeo, was a former national archer. She has been competing at the international level for more than a decade, during which she has won many medals. Swuro represented India at the 2012 London Olympic Games. She is the second Naga athlete to participate in the Olympics after a gap of 64 years.[5][6]

Awards and recognition

Career in Archery

2001 12th Asian Archery Championship Hong Kong; Indv. Qtr Final
2002 2nd Asian Archery Championship, China; Indv. Qtr Final
2002 14th Asian Games, Bhusan, Korea ; Indv. Qtr Final
2003 13th Asian Archery Championship, Myanmar; Team
2005 World Archery Championship Madrid, Spain ; Team
2005 Asian Archery Championship New Delhi, India; Team Bronze
2006 Commonwealth Archery Champ. Jamshedpur, India; Team Gold
2006 Asian Games, Doha, Qatar; Participated
2007 15th Asian Archery Championship, China; Team Bronze
2007 World Cup Stage IV, Dover, Great Britain; Team Bronze
2007 World Archery Championship, Dover, Great Britain; Participated
2009 16th Asian Archery Championship, Bali, Indonesia, Team 4th Position
2011 World Cup Stage 2, Antalya, Turkey; Team Bronze
2011 World Archery Championship, Turin, Italy; Team Silver
2011 World cup Stage 3, Turin, Italy ; Team Silver
2012 Summer Olympics in both women’s individual and team archery; Participated
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References

  1. ^ "Chekrovolu Swuro". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  2. ^ Chekrovolu Swuro - the second Olympian from Nagaland Archived 23 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, India-north-east.com
  3. ^ "Biography of Chekrovolu Swuro". opex.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Indian archers seem poised for medals at olympics". The times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Indian archers seem poised for medals at olympics". The times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Chekrovolu Swuro: A Role Model For Young Nagas". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  7. ^ |accessdate= 25 August 2015
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