Dhiraj Bommadevara

Bommadevara Dhiraj (born 3 September 2001) is an Indian archer from Andhra Pradesh, supported by OGQ. He represents India in the recurve men's individual and team events. In the recurve men, he is ranked 15th in the World Rankings. He booked a berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. 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. 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. He is backed by Olympic Gold Quest.

Career
Dhiraj was selected to represent Indian the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. 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. They lost the final to Republic of Korea.

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. 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. In September 2023, he took part in the World Cup at Hermosillo.

Earlier in January 2022, he defeated Tokyo Olympian Tarundeep Rai in the Ranking tournament at Hyderabad.

In 2021, he won a bronze medal in the Men's individual event at the World Cups in Guatemala City, Guatemala and Paris, France.