Dhiraj Bommadevara
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 September 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Sportsperson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bommadevara Dhiraj (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 booked a berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[2] In the buildup to the Olympics in June 2024, he won a bronze medal at the World Cup 2024 in Antalya.[2]
Personal life[edit]
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]
Career[edit]
Dhiraj was selected to represent Indian 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]
References[edit]
- ^ "Dhiraj Bommadevara | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ a b UtkarshClasses. "Archery World Cup 2024: Dhiraj Bommadevara Wins Bronze Medal". Utkarsh Classes. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ a b Padmadeo, Vinayak (14 January 2023). "Armyman Dhiraj Bommadevara on target, breaks WR in archery trials". wwwtribuneindia.com. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Right backing behind archer Dhiraj's success". The Times of India. 29 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ ANI (6 October 2023). "India men's archery recurve team finishes with silver medal". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Malik, Varun; News, India TV (6 October 2023). "Asian Games 2023: Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tushar Shelke bag Silver medal in recurve archery final". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ "Asian Games 2023: India settle for silver in recurve men's team event in archery after losing to South Korea". India Today. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Chettiar, Ronald (6 October 2023). "Indian men's recurve team wins silver medal; women bag bronze". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Desk, The Bridge (6 October 2023). "Asian Games 2023: Recurve Men's team wins historic silver". thebridge.in. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Archery BOMMADEVARA Dhiraj - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Failure a perfect target practice for archer Dhiraj". Hindustan Times. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "World Cup Stage 3: Indian archers win men's recurve team bronze medal". Firstpost. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "World Cup Stage 3: Indian archers win recurve team bronze". Rediff. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ PTI (11 September 2023). "Dhiraj loses bronze play-off, India returns with a silver from Archery World Cup Final". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "National archery: Sukhchain Singh clinches recurve title". The Times of India. 9 January 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Indian archers bag two bronze medals in World Cup Stage 4". Hindustan Times. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.