Dheeraj Bommadevara is an Indian archer. As he represents India in the recurve men’s individual and team events, he is ranked 15th in the world rankings. Dheeraj Bommadevara has won four World Cup medals including a bronze in the individual game and three team medals in the year 2023.
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Wiki/Biography
Dheeraj Bommadevara was born on Monday 3 September 2001 (age 22; as in 2023) in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. He studied at SRR and CVR Government Degree College, Vijayawada. In 2006, he joined Volga Archery Academy in Vijayawada for archery training. In 2017, he trained for four years at the Army Sports Institute in Pune and in 2021, he joined the Army and served as a Havildar. According to the World Archery Report, he has played a total of 39 matches till 2023, out of which he has won 25 matches.
Dheeraj Bommadevara’s athlete profile
Sanlida World Ranking Report of Dheeraj Bommadevara
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5โฒ 11โณ
Weight (Approx): 69 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father, Bommadevara Shravan Kumar, worked as a technical officer in the Archery Association of India. There is not much information about his mother and siblings.
wife and children
Dheeraj Bommadevara is unmarried.
livelihood
In 2017, Dheeraj Bommadevara failed in the trials for the Youth World Championships, in an interview he mentioned,
I have failed the tests of many important events. I couldn’t pass the trials for the Youth World Championships in 2017, then I stood fourth in the trials for the Tokyo Olympics. But despite not passing the tests, I was lucky to have people who believed in me.
Dheeraj Bommadevara won individual bronze medal at the Archery World Cup in Antalya 2023. Bhajan Kaur and Dheeraj Bommadevara played as a team with the fourth seed. India’s recurve archer, Dheeraj Bommadevara lost the bronze medal at the 2023 World Cup final in Hermosillo, Mexico. In the quarter-finals Dheeraj Bommadevara was competing against two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion in archery, Kim Woojin. Dheeraj Bommadevara was the only Indian to compete in the recurve events but lost in the quarterfinals. Bommadevara scored 28, while Kim made a good start to the game with a score of 29. Leading 4-2 in the final set, Bommadevara was in command. Kim made a series of 9, 9, and 8 strokes. Bommadevara maintained his composure and hit two tens and a nine. As compensation for defeating Kim, Bommadevara had to face first-seeded Lee Woo Seok in the semi-finals. Lee scored 28, while the Indian had started scoring 30. However, a more detailed look at the arrows revealed a tie result of 29โ29. In both the second and third sets, Lee scored 30, while Bommadevara could only score 27 and 28, resulting in the South Korean taking a comfortable 5โ1 lead. A poor start against Italian Mauro Nespoli during the third-place match saw the Indian lose the first set 30-29. In the subsequent set, both archers faced strong winds and scored a total of eight points, equal to 27. The Italian’s troubles were even worse during the third set as he arrowed and scored 7 and 8 points despite Bommadevara’s 29 points. The performance tied the match at 3-3 points. It looked like Nespoli would go down after hitting shots 9, 8 and 10 as Bommadevara needed 10 points to win in the final set but could only score 8 points.
On Tuesday, 2 August 2023, Dheeraj Bommadevara played in rain in the recurve men qualification round of the World Archery Championship, Berlin and finished second. Dheeraj Bommadevara scored 683 points, 5 points less than Korean double Olympic gold medalist, Kim Woo Jin in the competition. In an interview, he expressed his views about his game and said,
First of all, I am very happy. The conditions were very difficult, there was so much wind in the first part and for me, it was very cold. It started raining and I’m glad I managed to shoot anyway. I just focused on the process. I am happy but not satisfied.
In October 2023, she was ranked 6th at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in China.
News Flash: Archery: Dheeraj Bommadevara loses in QF of recurve event. Dheeraj lost to Kazakh archer in shoot-off. It was not a good performance for Dheeraj as he scored zero in his 2 shots! #AGwithIAS #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames2022 pic.twitter.com/BFosLQLR29
โ India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) 3 October 2023
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 2021, Dheeraj Bommadevara won a bronze medal in the men’s individual event at the World Cup 2021 in Paris, France.
- In January 2022, Dheeraj Bommadevara defeated Tokyo Olympian archer Tarundeep Rai in the ranking tournament in Hyderabad.
- In 2023, he represented India in the men’s team in individual events and mixed team events at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany.
- Dheeraj Bommadevara competed in the men’s team and men’s individual events at the World Cup 2023 in Antalya, Turkey. He won two bronze medals in the men’s team and individual events at the 2023 World Cup Stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia.
- Dheeraj Bommadevara played in the men’s individual and mixed team events at the 2023 World Cup in Paris, France and the 2023 World Cup in Shanghai, China.
- In September 2023, Dheeraj Bommadevara represented India at the World Cup in Hermosillo.
- The Indian men’s archery team of Dheeraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke won the second prize in the recurve men’s team gold medal match in the Republic of Korea, India’s 90th medal in archery sports.
Facts/General Knowledge
- In September 2023, India’s recurve archer Dheeraj Bommadevara lost the bronze medal at the World Cup final in Hermosillo, Mexico.
- The Indian men’s archery team of Dheeraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke won a silver medal at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
The Indian men’s archery team of Dheeraj Bommadevara (left), Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke won the silver medal for India at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
- Vinayak, a member of Express Sports and former sports editor of The Field, praised Dheeraj Bommadevara for winning individual bronze at the World Cup 2023, the tweet read.
๐ฏ ๐ฅ Dheeraj Bommadevara is the individual bronze medalist at the season-opening World Cup. The 21-year-old capped a memorable week with a podium finish. Imagine if the win against #2 Brady Ellison is his highlight. https://t.co/nhubJ78FNd pic.twitter.com/oOIphx2jDC
– Vinayak (@vinayakkm) 23 April 2023
- Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur congratulated Dheeraj on Twitter. It is written in the tweet,
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Many congratulations to the dynamic trio of @ArcherAtanu, @bommadevaradiAnd Tushar Prabhakar Shelke won a well-deserved silver medal in the recurve men’s team event. #AsianGames2022,
theirโฆ pic.twitter.com/XBeOa1SrQt
โ Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) 6 October 2023
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