Ruman Shana

MD Ruman Shana (born 8 June 1995) is a Bangladeshi archer. He won the bronze medal in recurve single's event of 2019 World Archery Championships and became the first Bangladeshi archer in history to win a medal in the competition.[1] He lives in Khulna.[2] He has won gold medal in the men's singles recurve category at the Asia Cup 2019 in Philippines.[3]

Ruman Shana
Personal information
Full nameMohammad Ruman Shana
Nickname(s)Shana
NationalityBangaldeshi
Born (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995
Koyra Upazila, Khulna, Bangladesh
Sport
CountryBangaldesh
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
Coached byMartin Frederick
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking10 (13 September 2019)
Updated on 17 September 2019.

Early life

Ruman born to the family of Abdul Gafur Shana and Beauty Begom and passed his childhood at Koyra village in Khulna. He used to play with arrow-bow made by bamboo during his school days. In an interview with BDnews24, he said that he was not much attentive to his school, instead, he used to remain busy playing football. However, he later opted to try his hand in archery when he was a student of class eight.[4]

Career

Ruman won the gold medal in the First Asian Grand Prix 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.[5] He won another gold medal in the International Archery Tournament 2017, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[6]

In 2019, he won three international medal with first one- a silver medal- came in the ISSF International Solidarity Archery Championships. After that, he won a bronze in the 2019 World Archery Championships, and later, Roman won a gold medal in the Asia Cup ranking tournament.[7]

References
  1. "Ruman Shana wins first medal for BD in World Archery". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. তির-ধনুকে ‘রোমান সাম্রাজ্য’. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. Wells, Chris (13 September 2019). "Shana wins Bangladesh's third international gold medal with victory at Asia Cup". World Archery. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  4. Jubayer, Mohammad. গুলতিম্যান থেকে দেশসেরা তিরন্দাজ রোমান. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  5. "Ruman brings archery gold". The Daily Star. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. "Roman Sana clinches gold at International Archery". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. "Mohammad Ruman Shana wins gold in archery men's singles". HiFi Public. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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