Dhiraj Bommadevara

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.{{Cite web |last=Padmadeo |first=Vinayak |date=2023-01-14 |title=Armyman Dhiraj Bommadevara on target, breaks WR in archery trials |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sports/armyman-dhiraj-bommadevara-on-target-breaks-wr-in-archery-trials-470481 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=wwwtribuneindia.com}} 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.{{Cite news |date=2023-04-29 |title=Right backing behind archer Dhiraj's success |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/right-backing-behind-archer-dhirajs-success/articleshow/99859408.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-10-05 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504002640/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/right-backing-behind-archer-dhirajs-success/articleshow/99859408.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }} He is backed by Olympic Gold Quest.

Dhiraj was selected to represent India at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-26 |title=Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-games-2023-full-list-of-634-indian-athletes-who-will-take-part-in-hangzhou-event-13042652.html |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Firstpost |language=en |archive-date=27 August 2023 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=2023-10-06 |title=India men's archery recurve team finishes with silver medal |url=https://www.business-standard.com/sports/asian-games/asian-games-india-men-s-archery-recurve-team-finishes-with-silver-medal-123100600624_1.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.business-standard.com}}{{Cite web |last1=Malik |first1=Varun |date=2023-10-06 |title=Asian Games 2023: Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tushar Shelke bag Silver medal in recurve archery final |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/other/asian-games-2023-atanu-das-dhiraj-bommadevara-tushar-shelke-bag-silver-medal-in-recurve-archery-final-india-asian-games-medals-2023-10-06-896492 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Asian Games 2023: India settle for silver in recurve men's team event in archery after losing to South Korea |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/asian-games-2023-india-settle-for-silver-in-recurve-mens-team-event-in-archery-after-losing-to-south-korea-2445433-2023-10-06 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=India Today |language=en}} They lost the final to Republic of Korea.{{Cite web |last=Chettiar |first=Ronald |date=2023-10-06 |title=Indian men's recurve team wins silver medal; women bag bronze |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-hangzhou-indian-archery-recurve-team-medal-scores-results |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.olympics.com}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-06 |title=Asian Games 2023: Recurve Men's team wins historic silver |url=https://thebridge.in/asian-games/recurve-mens-team-win-silver-medal-44286 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Archery BOMMADEVARA Dhiraj - The 19th Asian Games |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n2003222-bommadevara-dhiraj.htm |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=info.hangzhou2022.cn }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-09 |title=Failure a perfect target practice for archer Dhiraj |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/failure-a-perfect-target-practice-for-archer-dhiraj-101694269304916.html |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=World Cup Stage 3: Indian archers win men's recurve team bronze medal |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/archery-world-cup-stage-3-india-men-recurve-team-bronze-12745072.html |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Firstpost |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621083642/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/archery-world-cup-stage-3-india-men-recurve-team-bronze-12745072.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=World Cup Stage 3: Indian archers win recurve team bronze |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/world-cup-stage-3-indian-archers-win-recurve-team-bronze/20230616.htm |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Rediff |language=en}} In September 2023, he took part in the World Cup at Hermosillo{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-09-11 |title=Dhiraj loses bronze play-off, India returns with a silver from Archery World Cup Final |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/archery/archery-world-cup-final-dhiraj-bommadevara-third-place-playoff-silver-medal-prathamesh-jawkar/article67294343.ece |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Sportstar |language=en}} beating 5-time Olympic Champion Kim Woo-jin (archer)

Earlier in January 2022, he defeated Olympian Tarundeep Rai in the Ranking tournament at Hyderabad.{{Cite news |date=2022-01-09 |title=National archery: Sukhchain Singh clinches recurve title |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/national-archery-sukhchain-singh-clinches-recurve-title/articleshow/88796111.cms |access-date=2023-10-05 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=8 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508224108/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/national-archery-sukhchain-singh-clinches-recurve-title/articleshow/88796111.cms |url-status=live }}

In 2021, he won a bronze medal in the Men's individual event at the World Cups in Guatemala City, Guatemala and Paris, France.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-17 |title=Indian archers bag two bronze medals in World Cup Stage 4 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/indian-archers-bag-two-bronze-medals-in-world-cup-stage-4-101692276293187.html |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}

Dhiraj made his first Olympic appearance in Paris in the 2024 Summer Olympics. After the ranking round, Dhiraj finished 4th (With a score of 681), making this one of the best rankings by an Indian archer in the Olympic Games. However, he lost 5-6(5+) 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 Tarundeep Rai. However, the team lost to Turkey's team 2-6. Dhiraj scripted 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.{{cite web |title=Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara miss medal by a whisker but script history for Indian archery in Paris Olympics |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/ankita-bhakat-and-dhiraj-bommadevara-miss-medal-by-a-whisker-but-script-history-for-indian-archery-in-paris-olympics-101722605522066.html |website=www.hindustantimes.com |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=2 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=BHAKAT Ankita |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ankita-bhakat_1546200 |website=olympics.com |publisher=olympics.com |access-date=2 August 2024}}

• {{sports links}}
• [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/dhiraj-bommadevara_1546108 Dhiraj Bommadevara] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• [https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n2003222-bommadevara-dhiraj.htm Dhiraj at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bommadevara, Dhiraj}}

Category:2001 births

Category:Living people

Category:Indian male archers

Category:Archers from Andhra Pradesh

Category:Archers at the 2022 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games silver medalists in archery

Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games

Category:Archers at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic archers for India

Category:21st-century Indian people