Chekrovolü Swüro

In this Chakhesang name, the surname is Swüro.
Chekrovolü Swüro
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award to Ms. Chekrovolü Swüro for Archery, at the National Sports & Adventure awards ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on 31 August 2013
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1982-11-21) 21 November 1982 (age 42)
Dzülhami, Phek District, Nagaland, India
Sport
CountryIndia
SportArchery
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 New Delhi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Xi'an Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tehran Team

Chekrovolü Swüro (born 21 November 1982) is an Indian archer from Nagaland.[1] She represented India in archery in the 2002 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Games held at Busan, South Korea, and Doha, Qatar, respectively. She was a member of the silver medal-winning team in the 2011 World Archery Championships, held at Turin, Italy.[2] By winning a silver medal in the team event at the 2011 World Archery Championships in Turin, she qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in both women's individual and team archery.[3][4]

Personal life

Swüro lives in Chümoukedima, Nagaland. She serves as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Nagaland Armed Police (NAP). Her elder sister, Vesüzolü S. Vadeo, was a former national archer. She has been competing at the international level for more than a decade, during which she has won many medals. Swüro represented India at the 2012 London Olympic Games. She is the second Naga athlete to participate in the Olympics after a gap of 64 years.[4][5]

Awards and recognition

Career in Archery

2001 12th Asian Archery Championship Hong Kong; Indv. Qtr Final
2002 2nd Asian Archery Championship, China; Indv. Qtr Final
2002 14th Asian Games, Busan, Korea; Indv. Qtr Final
2003 13th Asian Archery Championship, Myanmar; Team
2005 World Archery Championship Madrid, Spain; Team
2005 Asian Archery Championship New Delhi, India; Team Bronze
2006 Commonwealth Archery Champ. Jamshedpur, India; Team Gold
2006 Asian Games, Doha, Qatar; Participated
2007 15th Asian Archery Championship, China; Team Bronze
2007 World Cup Stage IV, Dover, Great Britain; Team Bronze
2007 World Archery Championship, Dover, Great Britain; Participated
2009 16th Asian Archery Championship, Bali, Indonesia, Team 4th Position
2011 World Cup Stage 2, Antalya, Turkey; Team Bronze
2011 World Archery Championship, Turin, Italy; Team Silver
2011 World cup Stage 3, Turin, Italy; Team Silver
2012 Summer Olympics in both women's individual and team archery; Participated[9]

References

  1. ^ "Chekrovolu Swuro". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  2. ^ Chekrovolu Swuro - the second Olympian from Nagaland Archived 23 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, India-north-east.com
  3. ^ "Biography of Chekrovolu Swuro". opex.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b Bhaduri, Archiman (7 July 2012). "Indian archers seem poised for medals at Olympics". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Chekrovolu Swuro: A Role Model For Young Nagas". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  6. ^ "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
  7. ^ "List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Arjuna Award — 'moment of pride for Nagas'". easternmirrornagaland.com. Kohima, Nagaland: The Eastern Mirror. 14 August 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Chekrovolu Swuro (A Profile)". 24 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2015.