Divya Dhayal

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Divya Dhayal
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Divya Dhayal is a female archer from India
Personal information
NationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Citizenship India
Born Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Years active2014–present
Sport
Country India
Sport Archery
Rank35 [1]
Team Archery Association of India [2]
Turned pro2014
Coached byVikram S. Dhayal [3]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking21 [4]

Divya Dhayal is an Indian archer. She became the national archery champion at age 15. [5] She has represented India at world archery youth championship, archery world cups, international archery tournaments [6] [7] and other international archery events [8] [9]

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Early life and education

Dhayal, born in Bareilly, comes from a military family. [10] Her father Colonel Vikram S Dhayal [11] is an army officer. [12] She started her early archery training at the Army Sports Institute. [13] in Pune and later at other places, under her father. [3]

Career

Divya started her archery journey at the age of 13 years in 2014. [10]

National

She won the Senior National Archery Championship in 2017 by winning the individual gold and mixed team gold. [5]

International

She started playing as an International player by participating in the World Cup [14] as a compound archer and has played for India since 2016. [15]

Achievements [1]
YearTitleCategoryMedalPlace
2018Archery Asia Cup Competition, Stage-3 [16] [17] Women's Compound Individual Silver Chinese Taipei
2018Asia Cup, Stage-2 [18] Women's Compound Individual Bronze Manila
2018Asia Cup, Stage-2Women's Compound Team Silver Manila
2018Asia Cup, Stage-1 [19] Women's Compound Team Bronze Bangkok
2018 World Cup [20] [21] [22] Women's Compound Team Silver Antalya
2017 World archery youth championship [23] [24] Women's Compound Team Bronze Rosario
2017Asia CupWomen's Compound Team Silver Taiwan
2017Asia CupWomen's Compound Individual Gold Taiwan
2017Asia CupMixed Compound Team Gold Taiwan
2017 World Cup [25] [26] [27] Mixed Compound Team Bronze Antalya

Personal life

She gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Indian Army as a commissioned officer in September 2023. [28] [29] She received the Indian Sports Honours [30] and has two siblings Khushbu Dhayal [31] and Digvijay Dhayal. [32] She completed her schooling from the Army Public School, Pune and bachelors from Symbiosis Institute, Pune. [33] [34]

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