Dhiraj Bommadevara

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Dhiraj Bommadevara
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Nationality Indian
Born (2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 22)
OccupationSportsperson
Sport
Sport Archery
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Men's Team

BommadevaraDhiraj (born 3 September 2001) is an Indian archer from Andhra Pradesh. He represents India in the recurve men's individual and team events. In the recurve men, he is ranked 15th in the World Rankings. [1] He is selected to represent Indian the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. [2] The Indian Men's recurve team consisting of Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tushar Shelke won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games. [3] [4] [5] They lost the final to Republic of Korea. [6] [7]

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Personal life

Dhiraj is from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. His father Bommadevara Shravan Kumar used to a technical official of the Archery Association of India. He studied for a degree at the SRR and CVR Government Degree College, Vijayawada. [8] 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. [8] [9] He is backed by Olympic Gold Quest. [9]

Career

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Dhiraj at World Archery

Dhiraj at Asian Games