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Dhiraj Bommadevara

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Dhiraj Bommadevara
Personal information
Born (2001-09-04) 4 September 2001 (age 24)
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Military career
Branch Indian Army
RankSubedar
Sport
SportArchery
Event
Recurve
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking10
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Dhaka Individual
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2024 Shanghai Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Antalya Team
Silver medal – second place 2025 Central Florida Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Antalya Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Medellín Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Shanghai Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Antalya Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Antalya Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Central Florida Individual
Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2024 Baghdad Individual
Gold medal – first place 2024 Baghdad Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Baghdad Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bangkok Team
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Wraclow Team
Asian Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bhubaneshwar Team

Dhiraj Bommadevara (born 4 September 2001) is an Indian recurve archer.[1] Dhiraj competed at the 2024 Olympics, where he narrowly missed the podium, finishing fourth in the recurve mixed team event.[2]

Personal life

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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 at the SRR and CVR Government Degree College, Vijayawada.[3] His archery career began at the Volga Archery Academy in Vijayawada in 2006, with the guidance of Cherukuri Satyanarayana. He joined the Indian Army in 2021 as a Havaldar, after training at the ASI in Pune for four years.[3][4] He is backed by the Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ).[4]

Career

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Accolades

Dhiraj, alongside Parth Salunkhe and Aditya Choudhary had secured a gold medal in the 2021 World Archery Youth Championships, defeating Spain 5-3 in the finals.

Dhiraj was selected to represent India at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. He had broken the 1440 WR, eclipsing Brady Ellison's record of 1376 by scoring 1386. [5] He took part in the Men's recurve team event (alongside Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke) and won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games.[6][7][8]

Later in 2023, he represented India at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany where he finished 2nd in the Ranking stages, but had a shock exit in the round of 16.[9][10] In the same year, he also won Men's team Silver and Men's individual Bronze at the World Cup at Antalya, Turkey [9] In September 2023, he took part in the Archery World Cup Finals at Hermosillo, Mexico[11] beating 5-time Olympic Champion Kim Woo-jin and finishing 4th overall. Dhiraj, alongside Ankita Bhakat, won the mixed team bronze medal at Shanghai in 2024.

2024 Summer Olympics

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Dhiraj made his debut Olympic appearance at the 2024 Summer Olympics. After the ranking round, Dhiraj finished 4th (with a score of 681), making this the second best ranking score by an Indian archer in the Olympic Games. However, he lost 5-5+ (10-X) 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 veteran Tarundeep Rai. However, the team succumbed to defeat in the Quarters.

Dhiraj scripted history, with Ankita Bhakat by competing in India's first-ever Olympic medal match in archery in the Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match but lost 2-6 to the USA featuring Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold.[12][13][14]

Post-Olympics

Dhiraj secured a Men's team silver (alongside Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai) and an individual Bronze (defeating soon-to-be world champion Andrés Temiño) during the first stage of the Archery World Cup in Florida. He'd face a slump, though, losing tight matches in the upcoming stages of the World Cup and World Championships. However, during the 2025 Asian Archery Championships, Dhiraj secured a historic Gold Medal, defeating compatriot Rahul Pawariya by a score of 6-2, making him the first ever Male Recurve champion from India (despite failing to qualify for any team events).

References

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  1. ^ "Dhiraj Bommadevara | World Archery". worldarchery.sport. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. ^ Roy, Anjishnu (2 August 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympics archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara-Ankita Bhakat miss mixed team bronze medal by a whisker". Olympics.com.
  3. ^ a b Padmadeo, Vinayak (14 January 2023). "Armyman Dhiraj Bommadevara on target, breaks WR in archery trials". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Right backing behind archer Dhiraj's success". The Times of India. 29 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  6. ^ ANI (6 October 2023). "India men's archery recurve team finishes with silver medal". business-standard.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  7. ^ Malik, Varun (6 October 2023). "Asian Games 2023: Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tushar Shelke bag Silver medal in recurve archery final". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ a b "Archery BOMMADEVARA Dhiraj - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 5 October 2023.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Failure a perfect target practice for archer Dhiraj". Hindustan Times. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  11. ^ PTI (11 September 2023). "Dhiraj loses bronze play-off, India returns with a silver from Archery World Cup Final". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara miss medal by a whisker but script history for Indian archery in Paris Olympics". hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ^ "BHAKAT Ankita". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  14. ^ "BOMMADEVARA Dhiraj". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
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