Tushar Shelke is an Indian archer and CT/GD of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force. He won a gold medal in the second leg of the Asia Cup Uzbekistan in Tashkent 2023 and two bronze medals in the third leg of the Archery World Cup Paris 2023 and the Hyundai Archery World Cup 2023 in Medellin.
Wiki/Biography
Tushar Prabhakar Shelke was born on Monday, January 30, 1995, in Amravati, Maharashtra, India (28 years old; as of 2023). He currently lives in New Delhi, India. His zodiac sign is Aquarius. He studied at Shri Shivaji College of Arts and Commerce, Amravati. He is CT/GD of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′02″
Weight (approximately): 78kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about Tushar Sheikh’s parents and siblings.
wife and children
There is not much information about his marital status.
religion
Tushar Shelke believes in Hinduism.
Profession
At the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, held from July 3 to 14, 2015, Tushar Shelke finished 33rd out of 41 seeded players. In April 2023, in the second round of the 2023 Asian Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tushar Shelke was ranked 9th as the 6th seed. He was seeded 16th and finished 33rd in the third stage of the 2023 Hyundai Archery World Cup in Medellin, Colombia, in June 2023. At the Modern World Archery Championship in Berlin, Germany, held from July 31 to August 6, 2023, Tushar Shelke was seeded No. 55 and finished 33rd. At the 2023 Paris Archery World Cup held in France from August 15 to 20, 2023, he finished 65th out of 53 seeded players.
Tushar Shelke (right), Atanu Das and Dheeraj Bommadevara win silver medal in Archery-Recurve men’s team event
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In the men’s individual compound event, all three medals were won by Indian players. Tushar Prabhakar Shelke competes with Mrinal Chauhan and Jia during the recurve men’s team competition in the second stage of the Asia Cup-World Ranking Tournament in Tashkent Jayanta Talukdar together defeated the Chinese team with a score of 5-1 to win the gold medal.
Tushar Sherke (middle row, second from left) poses with the Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and all Indian medal winners from the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2023
- The Indian men’s recurve team of Tushar Shelke Atanu Das and Dhiraj Bommadevara won a silver medal for India at the 2022 Asian Games.
- In the 11th All India Police Archery Championship held in Dehradun, Tushar Shelke won 4 gold medals, 2 silver medals and the Best Archer 2022 award.
Tushar Shelke participates in 11th All India Police Archery Championship in Dehradun
- In 2023, he won a bronze medal in the first NRAT (National Archery Ranking Tournament) organized by the Sikkim Archery Association in Gangtok.
Tushar Shelke wins Bronze Medal in Sikkim 1st NRAT (2023)
- Tushar Shelke won the 2nd National Archery Ranking Tournament held in Meghalaya, Shillong from March 19 to 28, 2023.
Tushar Shelke wins the 2nd National Archery Ranking Tournament (March 2023) held in Shillong, Meghalaya.
- Tushar Shelke won the bronze medal for Team India in the Archery World Cup 2023.
Tushar Shelke (back row, far right) with other winners of the April 2023 Archery World Cup
- Tushar Shelke, Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bomadeva during the Archery-Recurve Men’s Team Competition on Day 13 of the 2022 Asian Games Dheeraj Bommadevara won the silver medal on behalf of the team.
Facts/Trivia
- In October 2023, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the men’s recurve archery team for winning the silver medal for India. The tweet read,
It was a jubilant moment for our men’s archery recurve team to take home silver. Congratulations, @ArcherAtanuTushar Sherker and @BommadevaraD, keep it up! Their performances were focused and full of dedication and determination. pic.twitter.com/xugJsRMACM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 6, 2023
- He is CT/GD of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force. On June 16, 2023, ITBP took to Twitter to congratulate Tushar Shelke after winning the bronze medal in the Senior Recurve Team Event, Phase 3 of the Archery World Cup in Colombia.
A moment of pride for the country!
ITBP’s CT/GD Tushar Shelke and his teammates bagged a bronze medal for the country in the Senior Recurve Team Event during the third phase of the Archery World Cup in Medellin, Colombia.#himwells pic.twitter.com/TxwNd9BcPa
— ITBP (@ITBP_official) June 16, 2023
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