Jignas

Ch. Jignas Goud, a youngest archer and instrumental in winning team Silver medal in Commonwealth Games of 2010 held at New Delhi in India by defeating South Africa with 226-224 in semifinal and settled for Silver medal by losing to England in final with 229-331 points.

Jignas was instrumental in entering final to win silver medal as he shot 10 consecutive 10s to help Indian team comprising Ritul Chatterjee and Chinna alias Raju Sridhar. Jignas is also credited for being youngest boy at the age of 14 years to participate in all Sub Junior, Junior and Senior Nationals in one single year between 2007-2008 held in India and Turkey. He is also credited for being youngest boy of 16 years old to play in Senior Archery world cup held in Croatia in 2010.

His superlative performance at the schooling age of 14 while studying class IX in Second South Asian Archery championship held in Jamshedpur has brought fame to the entire Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh archery fraternity and also to Volga Archery academy under international coach Lenin, who died in an accident while travelling back home along with his team after receiving accolades and felicitation for winning Silver medal from E. S. L. Narasimhan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh and K. Roshaiah, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, although his team members escaped unhurt.

Personal Details

Jignas was born on January 12,1994 to an executive engineer Sri. Ch. Rajashekar and Smt. Ch. Nalini at Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh.

His fine skills were first noticed by his aunt when he was shooting darts and took up archery at the tender age of 8 in May 2002 as he has facilities for archery training in his native place, although he was actually interested in shooting. His Father being the sportsperson too, encouraged and supported him right from his tender age in sports.

Participated Events

  • Won 5 Gold Medals at Sub Juniors 49th National Schools held at Sangli in Maharastra during 2004 and stood national first.
  • Won 1 Silver Medal at Sub Juniors 50th National Schools held at Kolkata in West Bengal during 2005 and stood national second.
  • Won 1 Bronze Medal at Sub Juniors 51st National Schools held at Amravati in Maharastra during 2006 and stood national third.
  • Won 1 Bronze Medal at Sub Juniors National Archery Championship held at Raipur in Chattisgarh during 2007 and stood national sixth.
  • Won 4 Gold Medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze at Sub Juniors National Archery Championship held at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh during 2007 and stood national first.
  • Won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal at Juniors National Archery Championship held at Amravati in Maharastra during 2007 and stood national third. This also secured an opportunity to represent India at International stage.
  • Stood 3rd in both 30 meters and 90 meters and 4th in 50 meters in South Asian Junior Archery Championship held at Tata Nagar in Jamshedpur.
  • Participated in Youth World Championship and stood 15th in Cadet rank held at Antalya in Turkey.
  • Participated in Senior National Archery Championship held at Tata Nagar in Jamshedpur during 2008 and stood national twenty first.
  • Won 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals at Junior National Archery Championship held at Raipur in Chattisgarh during 2009 and stood national first and also became national champion.
  • Won 1 Team Bronze Medal at Senior National Archery Championship held at Guwahati in Assam in 2010.
  • Participated and stood 65th in Achery World Cup held at Porec in Croatia in 2010.
  • Won 1 Team Silver Medal in Commonwealth Games 2010 held at New Delhi in India.

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