Limba Ram Biography

Indian archer Limba Ram competed in international events, including three Olympics, on behalf of his country India. At the Asian Archery Championships in Beijing in 1992, Limba tied a world record in archery. In the year 2012, Limba Ram received the prestigious Padma Shri Award.

Early Life

On January 30, of the year 1972, Limba Ram was born in the village of Saradeet (Jhadol Tahsil, Udaipur district, Rajasthan state, India). Because of his family’s extreme poverty, Limba Ram relied on hunting animals and birds in the jungle with a traditional bamboo bow and reed arrows. His family is from the Ahari tribe. One of his uncles informed him in the year 1987 that the government would be holding archery training trials in the adjacent village of Makradeo.

Selectors from the Sports Authority of India noticed 15-year-old Limba Ram and three other boys at this tryout, among them future Arjuna Award-winning archer Shyam Lal. The Special Area Games Programme, a four-month training program led by R. S. Sodhi, was the next destination for all four boys.

The RSS-affiliated organization that promotes tribal development, Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, has asserted that it discovered Limba Ram through their Ekalavya Khelkood Pratiyogita competition.

Archery Career

The Sports Authority of India discovered Limba Ram and began training him in the year 1987. He won the overall title at the Bangalore-based National Junior Level Archery Tournaments that same year. Limba Ram won the National Senior Level Tournament a year later, in 1988, earning himself not only the title of overall champion but also the privilege of representing his own nation India at the Summer Olympics that year in Seoul.

Limba Ram advanced to the quarterfinals of the Lausanne, Switzerland-hosted World Archery Championships in the year 1989. Limba Ram would place second in the individual standings at the Asian Cup that year, and India won team gold.

At the Asian Games in Beijing in 1990, he assisted India in placing fourth. Limba Ram competed in three Olympics for India. Limba Ram achieved a score of 358/360 to win the gold medal in the 30-meter event at the 1992 Asian Archery Championships in Beijing, matching Takayoshi Matsushita’s previous record. The Indian Parliament congratulated Limba Ram after learning of this. When the score was tied in the 70-meter event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Ram lost out on the bronze medal.

Limba Ram placed ninth in the qualifying round, and fourth in the elimination round, and was therefore ineligible to compete for the bronze medal. Limba Ram finished in second place in the year 1995, and the team at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi won a gold medal. V held the Asian Record and was the national champion in the year 1996. additionally took part in the Atlanta Summer Olympics in the year 1996.

Awards

In the years 1991 and 2012, the Indian government recognized Limba Ram with the Arjuna and Padma Shri awards.

Bio Data

Full Name: Limba Ram

Nationality: Indian

Born: October 30, 1972

Age: 50 Years

Birth Place: Saradeet, Rajasthan, India

Height: 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)

Weight: 58 kg (128 lb)

Sport Details

Country: India

Sport: Archery

Achievements and titles

Highest world ranking: 4th in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

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