Payal Nag
Indian para archer
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Payal Nag (born 2008) is an Indian para archer from Odisha. She is a quadruple amputee.[1]
Early life
Nag is from Balangir, Odisha.[1] Her father is a daily wage mason.[2] In Class 3, she lost all her four limbs in an electrocution accident at the age of eight.[3][4] Four years after the accident, she was admitted to an orphanage, Parvatigiri Balniketan, in Balangir, with the help of the district collector.[5][6] It was Sheetal Devi's coach Kuldeep Vedwan, who also spotted and trained her at the Maata Vaishno Devi Shrine Archery Academy in Katra.[1][7] Her elder sister Varsha Nag, stays at the academy as her caregiver.[5]
Career
She won a gold medal beating Sheetal Devi in the final at the World Archery Para Series in Bangkok on 4 April 2026.[2] She beat the World No.1 Devi 139–136 in the Compound event final in only her second international event.[8] She made her international debut at the Dubai 2025 Asian Youth Para Games.[1][9] In December 2025, she beat her idol, Sheetal Devi for the first time at the Para Archery Nationals in Jaipur.[7][10] In her first major event in March 2025, she won a Compound Open silver at the Khelo India Para Games in Delhi.[10]