Dhiraj Bommadevara Explained

Dhiraj Bommadevara
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:2001 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Vijayawada, India
Occupation:Sportsperson
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Bommadevara Dhiraj (born 4 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 12th 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.

Personal life

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.[4] He is backed by Olympic Gold Quest.

Career

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, and in the Men's team, Men's individual and Mixed team events at the World Cups in Paris, France and Shanghai, China. 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.[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.[17]

2024 Summer Olympics

Dhiraj made his first Olympic appearance in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. However, he lost 4-6 to Canada's Eric Peters in the 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 the Turkey's team 2-6. Dhiraj made 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]

References

  1. Web site: Dhiraj Bommadevara World Archery . 2023-10-05 . www.worldarchery.sport . en.
  2. Web site: UtkarshClasses . Archery World Cup 2024: Dhiraj Bommadevara Wins Bronze Medal . 2024-07-03 . Utkarsh Classes . en.
  3. Web site: Padmadeo . Vinayak . 2023-01-14 . Armyman Dhiraj Bommadevara on target, breaks WR in archery trials . 2023-10-05 . wwwtribuneindia.com.
  4. News: 2023-04-29 . Right backing behind archer Dhiraj's success . The Times of India . 2023-10-05 . 0971-8257 . 4 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230504002640/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/right-backing-behind-archer-dhirajs-success/articleshow/99859408.cms?from=mdr . live .
  5. Web site: 2023-08-26 . Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023 . 2023-10-05 . Firstpost . en . 27 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827113112/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-games-2023-full-list-of-634-indian-athletes-who-will-take-part-in-hangzhou-event-13042652.html . live .
  6. Web site: ANI . 2023-10-06 . India men's archery recurve team finishes with silver medal . 2023-10-06 . www.business-standard.com.
  7. Web site: Malik . Varun . News . India TV . 2023-10-06 . Asian Games 2023: Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tushar Shelke bag Silver medal in recurve archery final . 2023-10-06 . www.indiatvnews.com . en.
  8. Web site: Asian Games 2023: India settle for silver in recurve men's team event in archery after losing to South Korea . 2023-10-06 . India Today . en.
  9. Web site: Chettiar . Ronald . 2023-10-06 . Indian men's recurve team wins silver medal; women bag bronze . 2023-10-06 . www.olympics.com.
  10. Web site: Desk . The Bridge . 2023-10-06 . Asian Games 2023: Recurve Men's team wins historic silver . 2023-10-06 . thebridge.in . en.
  11. Web site: Archery BOMMADEVARA Dhiraj - The 19th Asian Games . 2023-10-05 . info.hangzhou2022.cn .
  12. Web site: 2023-09-09 . Failure a perfect target practice for archer Dhiraj . 2023-10-05 . Hindustan Times . en.
  13. Web site: 2023-06-16 . World Cup Stage 3: Indian archers win men's recurve team bronze medal . 2023-10-05 . Firstpost . en . 21 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230621083642/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/archery-world-cup-stage-3-india-men-recurve-team-bronze-12745072.html . live .
  14. Web site: World Cup Stage 3: Indian archers win recurve team bronze . 2023-10-05 . Rediff . en.
  15. Web site: PTI . 2023-09-11 . Dhiraj loses bronze play-off, India returns with a silver from Archery World Cup Final . 2023-10-05 . Sportstar . en.
  16. News: 2022-01-09 . National archery: Sukhchain Singh clinches recurve title . The Times of India . 2023-10-05 . 0971-8257 . 8 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230508224108/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/national-archery-sukhchain-singh-clinches-recurve-title/articleshow/88796111.cms . live .
  17. Web site: 2023-08-17 . Indian archers bag two bronze medals in World Cup Stage 4 . 2023-10-05 . Hindustan Times . en.
  18. Web site: Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara miss medal by a whisker but script history for Indian archery in Paris Olympics . www.hindustantimes.com . Hindustan Times . 2 August 2024.
  19. Web site: BHAKAT Ankita . olympics.com . olympics.com . 2 August 2024.

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