Calcutta: He rates his fifth place finish in the Sydney Paralympics in 2000 as his best till date. But Ebrahim Ranjbar’s silver medal winning performance Saturday, in the 4th Asian Grand Prix archery meet can easily be put in the same bracket.

The Iranian Ebrahim, who has been wheelchair-bound for the last 23 years after suffering an accident during his days in the Iranian army, made it to the finals of the men’s recurve, which boasted of a strong field with heavyweights like Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Champia and Tarundeep Rai.

After losing Saturday’s final to Bangladesh’s Mohammed Sajjad Hossain 101-105, he said: “It wasn’t a good performance for me today. But I will surely aim for the gold next time.”