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Dhiraj Bommadevara (born 4 September 2001) is an Indian recurve archer. He is ranked 12th in the world. [1] He finished fourth in the 2024 Paris Olympics. [2] Bommadevara is a gold, silver, and multiple bronze medalist at the World Cup. [2] He also won a silver medal at the Asian Games and a gold medal at the World Youth Championships.
Dhiraj is from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. His father Bommadevara Shravan Kumar used to be a technical official of the Archery Association of India. He studied for a degree at the SRR and CVR Government Degree College, Vijayawada. [3] He started archery at the Volga Archery Academy in Vijayawada in 2006. He joined Army in 2021 in the rank of Havaldar, after training at the Army Sports Institute in Pune for four years. [3] [4] He is backed by Olympic Gold Quest. [4]
Dhiraj was selected to represent India at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. [5] He took part in the Indian Men's recurve team along with Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke and won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games. [6] [7] [8] They lost the final to Republic of Korea. [9] [10]
Later in 2023, he represented India at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany in the Men's team and individual events apart from the Mixed team event. [11] [12] In the same year, he also took part in the Men's team and Men's individual events at the World Cup at Antalya, Turkey, [11] and in the Men's team, Men's individual and Mixed team events at the World Cups in Paris, France and Shanghai, China. [11] The next event in 2023, he won two bronze medals in the Men's team and Men's individual events at the World Cup Stage 3 at Medellin, Colombia. [11] [13] [14] In September 2023, he took part in the World Cup at Hermosillo. [15]
Earlier in January 2022, he defeated Tokyo Olympian Tarundeep Rai in the Ranking tournament at Hyderabad. [16]
In 2021, he won a bronze medal in the Men's individual event at the World Cups in Guatemala City, Guatemala and Paris, France. [11] [17]
Dhiraj made his first Olympic appearance in Paris in the 2024 Summer Olympics. After the ranking round, Dhiraj finished 4th (With a score of 681), making this one of the best rankings by an Indian archer in the Olympic Games. However, he lost 5-6(5+) to Canada's Eric Peters in a closely fought Men's Individual 1/16 Elimination Round. Dhiraj advanced to the quarterfinals in the Men's Team, along with Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai. However, the team lost to Turkey's team 2-6. Dhiraj scripted history, with Ankita Bhakat by competing in India's first-ever Olympic medal in archery in the Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match but lost 2-6 to United States of America's team. [18] [19]
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