In the World Archery Championships 2023 in Berlin (Germany), Indian compound archers are busy creating one after other histories for the country. Ojas Pravin Deotale won the gold medal in the men’s individual compound event as he became the first Indian male to win a crown in the Championships history.
World Archery Championships 2023: Gold medalist Ojas Pravin Deotale created history as an Indian male
In the Final of the event, the 21-year-old Deotale had a perfect score of 150 against the Polish Lukasz Przybylski, who finished with one short (149) from the Indian.
Earlier, on the same final day of the event (5 August), Deotale first defeated another Polish Przemysław Konecki (148-144) in the quarterfinal, and later, he secured the country’s one podium position by winning the semi-final against the Dutch Mike Schloesser (149-148).
Deotale became the first Indian man to win a gold medal in the World Archery Championships history.
Last Friday (5 August), India won the first-ever gold medal in the World Archery Championships history when the Indian women’s compound team defeated the Mexican team in the Final of the event.
Before Deotale’s historic gold medal, the 17-year-old Aditi Gopichand Swami won the gold medal in the women’s individual compound event on the same Saturday (5 August). It wasn’t only India’s first gold medal in an individual event in the World Archery Championships history, but Aditi also became the youngest to win the gold medal in an individual event in the history of the competition.
World Archery Championships 2023: Men’s Individual Compound Event Final Standings
1. Ojas Pravin Deotale (India)
2. Lukasz Przybylski (Poland)
3. Mike Schloesser (Netherlands)
4. Kim Jongho (South Korea)
5. Martin Damsbo (Denmark)
6. Alexander Kullberg (Sweden)
7. Emircan Haney (Turkey)
8. Przemyslaw Konecki (Poland)
