Jyoti Baliyan Explained

Jyoti Baliyan
Nationality:Indian
Birth Place:Goela village, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sport:Para-archery
Rank:38th[1]

Jyoti Baliyan (born 15 April 1994), also known as Jyoti, is an Indian para archer. She competed at 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]

Career

She competed at 2020 Summer Paralympics held at Tokyo, Japan.[3] [4] However she lost to Irish Archer, Kerrie-Lousie Leonard in round of 16.[5]

She become the first athlete to win a medal international championships. She competed along with Shyam Sunder Swami in Compound Archery Mixed Team event. They won silver medal in the event.[6] [7]

She also has won medal at Asian Para Archery Championship.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile . World Archery . 29 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Archery JYOTI Jyoti . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 26 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210826201422/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n1733102-jyoti-jyoti.htm . dead . Date of Birth: 15 Apr 1994.
  3. Web site: Mohammed . Naveed . 20 August 2021 . Tokyo Paralympics: Botched injection resulted in Polio, now para archer Jyoti Baliyan aims for a medal . 29 March 2023 . thebridge.in . en.
  4. Web site: Saini . Abhishek . Paralympics 2021: From polio to podium - Indian para archer Jyoti Baliyan's rise to the top . 29 March 2023 . www.sportskeeda.com . 19 August 2021 . en-us.
  5. Web site: 29 August 2021 . Tokyo Paralympics: Archer Jyoti Baliyan Loses Individual 1/16 Elimination Round . 29 March 2023 . News18 . en.
  6. Web site: दुबई में ज्योति बालियान ने श्याम सुंदर के साथ जीता रजत पदक . 29 March 2023 . Amar Ujala . hi.
  7. Web site: M . Hari Kishore . World Archery Para Championship: Jyoti Baliyan - Swami make history, enter finals . 29 March 2023 . www.sportskeeda.com . 24 February 2022 . en-us.
  8. Web site: Singh . Ankur . Know your Paralympian Jyoti Baliyan . 29 March 2023 . The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports . en.