Laxmirani Majhi

Laxmirani Majhi is an Indian recurve archer, born on 26 January 1989, who grew up in Bagula village in East Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, in the Santhal tribe. Her first chance to become an archer came when selectors for an archery academy visited her government school. She works with Indian Railways in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. At the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen she won the silver medal in the women's team recurve event and also finished fourth in the individual event, losing out on the bronze medal. She was part of the Indian women's recurve team, with Bombayla Devi Laishram and Deepika Kumari, that finished seventh in the ranking round at the 2016 Rio Olympics, beat Colombia in the round of 16 and lost the quarterfinal to Russia. In the individual event at those Games she ranked 43rd in the ranking round and then lost to Alexandra Longova of Slovakia in the round of 64.