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Jayant Talukdar has been hailed as the brightest prospect in Indian archery. Born in 1987, Talukdar's journey from a promising youngster to India's top archer has been nothing less than remarkable.
Jayant was picked up by archery coaches at a talent hunting camp in Guwahati, his native place. At the subsequent training camp in Tata Archery Academy, Jamshedpur, Jayanta impressed the coaches with his physical strength and focused attitude.
In 2004, Jayant emerged as the top performer of the Indian team which made history by winning the silver medal at the junior Worlds in Britain. It was the country's first medal at a World championship.
In 2005, Jayant became India's top archer when he upstaged a few seasoned stars to clinch the Olympic round at the 25th Senior Nationals in Kochi. The same year, Jayant made history as he became the first Indian archer to win the gold medal in the FITA Meteksan Archery World Cup at Porec, Croatia.
Jayant Talukdar is currently ranked second behind Italy's Ilario di Buo in the world rankings of the individual recurve event. At the 2006 SAF Games held in Colombo, Jayanta defeated compatriot Tarundeep Rai to bag the men's individual recurve gold in archery.
