Sarita Adhana
Indian para athlete
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Sarita Adhana (born 1 January 1987)[1] is an Indian paralympic archer. She qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris in the women's Individual compound event of Archery competitions.[2] She lost in the quarterfinals at Paris Paralympics.
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Career
She represented India at the 2022 Asian Para Games held at Hangzhou, China.[3][4][5] She won a bronze medal in the Women's compound archery open section of the Para Asian Archery Championship winning the all-Indian play-off for bronze defeating compatriot Jyoti Baliyan 139–135.[6] She also won a silver medal in the team event along with Sheetal Devi, to whom she lost the semifinal in the individual event.[7][8]
She trained for the 2023 Asian Games at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine's sports complex at Katra.[9]
In November 2023, she won a bronze medal at the Asian Para Archery Championships in Bangkok.[10] Later, she qualified for the Paralympics at the same tournament.[11][12][13]