Skalzang Dorje
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1970-10-23) 23 October 1970 (age 53)
Spiti valley, India
Sport
SportArchery

Skalzang Dorje (born 23 October 1970) is a former Indian archer. He competed in the men's individual and team events as a member of the India Olympic archery team at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Archery career

Overall, Dorje won 12 international medals and 32 national medals in his archery career.[3]

In 1988, Dorje, Limba Ram, and Shyam Lal formed the Men's Team from India that won the gold medal in the Asian Archery Championships in Beijing. This was the first ever international gold medal in archery won by India.[4]

In 1994, he won two silver medals at the National Games in Maharashtra, in the 70m and 90m categories.[5]

In 1989, he stood 27th in the Men's Recurve event at the XXXVth Outdoor Target World Championship at Lausanne.[6][7]

In 1996, he participated in the Summer Olympics at Atlanta. Dorje achieved the achieved the 14th place alongside India's Changte Lalremsanga and Limba Ram in the team event. He achieved the 47th place in the men's event, after losing to Italy's Matteo Bisiani.[8]

Personal life

Dorje hails from the Spiti valley (Himachal Pradesh, India), and lives in Kaza, Spiti valley.[9][3] He serves as the person in-charge of the Youth Services and Sports Department, Spiti division, Lahaul-and-Spiti district.[10][11] Alongside, Dorje runs Kaza's Deyzor Hotel with Karanbir Singh Bedi.[9]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Skalzang Dorje Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Skalzang Dorje". World Archery. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b Mukherjee, Sanjay (30 September 2020). The Road to Kaza - The Diary of a Winter Homestay in Spiti. Mountain Walker Private Limited. p. 302. ISBN 978-81-940505-8-2.
  4. ^ Limca Book of Records 2023. Hachette India. 22 January 2023. ISBN 978-93-93701-49-7.
  5. ^ Mitra, H. N. (2000). The Indian Annual Register A Digest Of Public Affairs Of India During The Period 1919-1947) (58 Vols.). Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-212-0213-8.
  6. ^ "Bulletin Officiel - International Archery Federation December 1989" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Lausanne 1989 World Archery Championships | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Indian archers in Olympics | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Hotel Deyzor | Hotels in Kaza | Himalayan Shepherd". hoteldeyzor. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Ice hockey training camp begins at Kaza in Lahaul and Spiti". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  11. ^ Chakraborty, Samrat (23 February 2021). "Spiti valley to host U-20 Ice Hockey national championship in January". olympics.com.


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