Limba Ram Biography 
Limba Ram is a legendary Indian archer and Olympian, who represented India in three Olympics. A recipient of Padma Shri Award in 2012 and Arjun Award in 1991, Limba has also served as national coach who trained many archers for international level competitions. He was appointed as National Archery Coach for 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 1992, he equaled a world record at Asian Archery Championships held in Beijing. He belongs to Ahari - a tribal group of Rajasthan. In 1992 Barcelona Olympics, he lost the Bronze medal by just one point. His team won Gold medal at Common wealth Games held at Delhi in 1995.
He belongs to Saradeet Village belonging to Udaipur district, Rajasthan. He was born in 1972 to a Ahari tribal family and his childhood days were spent in extreme poverty that he used to hunt birds and animals using his bow and arrows. That’s his first handed experience with bows and arrows. In 1987 he came to know that government is conducting trials in the nearby village to train archers. Limba was only 15 years old then and his talent was spotted by Sports Authority of India. He along with three other boys were selected and sent to New Delhi for the Special Area Games Programme, where he received initial training in archery from R. S. Sodhi.
Same year he won National level junior championship in archery and from there on, he won numerous competitions and also represented India in three Olympics. Summer Olympics held in Seoul, Beijing Asian Games in 1990, Beijing Asian Archery Championships, 1992 at the Barcelona Olympics, 1995Common Wealth Games Delhi etc are the major international level competitions in which he represented India. In 1992, he equaled world record of Takayoshi Matsushita in the Beijing Asian Archery Championships. He became a victim of a shoulder injury while playing football, which almost ended his career. An icon in India, he is a great motivator to younger generations.
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Updated: March 20, 2016
