Ojas Pravin Deotale - Revision history

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-'''Ojas Pravin Deotale''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: ओजस प्रवीण देवतळे) is an [[India]]n archer currently ranked 9th in the world.<ref name=":4" /> On 5 August 2023, he won the gold medal in the men's individual [[Compound archery|compound]] event at [[2023 World Archery Championships]] in [[Berlin]], becoming the first Indian male archer to do so.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=World Archery Championships 2023: Aditi Swami, Ojas Deotale crowned compound world champions - all Indian winners |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/world-archery-championships-2023-india-medal-winners-compound-aditi-swami |url-status=live |access-date=15 August 2023 |website=The Olympic Games}}</ref> He also medalled at the 2022 Asia Cup and the [[2023 Archery World Cup]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
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 == Early life ==
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 == Training ==
-Deotale discovered archery as a sport at a summer camp he attended as a 13-year-old in 2015.<ref name=":1" /> His parents soon enrolled him into an archery academy at Trimurti Nagar in Nagpur under the tutelage of Satyajeet Yelne where he started with the Indian bow before moving to recurve. Since the Trimurti Nagar academy lacked a target buttress, he moved to an academy in Tajbagh where he trained for 3–4 years.<ref name=":1" />
+Deotale discovered archery as a sport at a summer camp he attended as a 13-year-old in 2015.<ref name=":1" /> His parents soon enrolled him into an archery academy at Trimurti Nagar in Nagpur under the tutelage of Satyajeet Yelne where he started with the Indian bow before moving to recurve. Since the Trimurti Nagar academy lacked a target buttress, he moved to an academy in Tajbagh where he trained for 5-6 years at A-ZEE Sports Academy
 To get around travel restrictions imposed during the first [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdown]] of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Deotale stayed by himself for four months at his alma mater Siddhivinayak School where his father had installed a target buttress for him to practice. A school worker named Chaya Rakshak would bring him food from her home, while he began his training at 5AM with [[yoga]] and [[meditation]].<ref name=":1" />
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 === 2023 World Archery Championships ===
-At the [[2023 World Archery Championships – Men's individual compound|2023 World Archery Championships]], Deotale beat [[Poland]]’s Przemyslaw Konecki 148-144 in the quarterfinals, and former world champion [[Netherlands|Dutch]] archer [[Mike Schloesser]] in the semifinals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Scroll |date=2023-08-05 |title=World Archery C’ships 2023: Ojas Deotale, Aditi Swami win first-ever individual golds for India |url=https://scroll.in/field/1053847/world-archery-cships-2023-aditi-gopichand-swami-wins-first-ever-individual-gold-for-india |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> He scored a perfect 150 in the finals to beat Poland’s Lukasz Przybylski 150-149.<ref name=":0" />
+At the [[2023 World Archery Championships – Men's individual compound|2023 World Archery Championships]], Deotale beat [[Poland]]’s Przemyslaw Konecki 148-144 in the quarterfinals, and former world champion [[Netherlands|Dutch]] archer [[Mike Schloesser]] in the semifinals.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=2023-08-05 |title=World Archery C'ships 2023: Ojas Deotale, Aditi Swami win first-ever individual golds for India |url=https://scroll.in/field/1053847/world-archery-cships-2023-aditi-gopichand-swami-wins-first-ever-individual-gold-for-india |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> He scored a perfect 150 in the finals to beat Poland’s Lukasz Przybylski 150-149.<ref name=":0" />
 He got off to a poor start at Berlin, blaming his performance on wind conditions. Recounting their conversation about the competition, his mother Archana said, "I told him if you are unable to perform and want to give excuses then better leave the sport. For the next two days he didn't speak to me. But after becoming world champion, he called me to tell me that your face was my target and I was spot-on."<ref name=":1" />
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'''Ojas Pravin Deotale''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: ओजस प्रवीण देवतळे) is an [[India]]n archer currently ranked 9th in the world.<ref name=":4" /> On 5 August 2023, he won the gold medal in the men's individual [[Compound archery|compound]] event at [[2023 World Archery Championships]] in [[Berlin]], becoming the first Indian male archer to do so.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=World Archery Championships 2023: Aditi Swami, Ojas Deotale crowned compound world champions - all Indian winners |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/world-archery-championships-2023-india-medal-winners-compound-aditi-swami |url-status=live |access-date=15 August 2023 |website=The Olympic Games}}</ref> He also medalled at the 2022 Asia Cup and the [[2023 Archery World Cup]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

== Early life ==
Deotale is from [[Nagpur]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-06 |title=Nagpur's Ojas Deotale won gold in World Archery Championship - The Live Nagpur |url=https://thelivenagpur.com/2023/08/06/nagpurs-ojas-deotale-won-gold-in-world-archery-championship/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> As a kid, he would fashion bows and arrows by dismantling brooms in his house, forcing his mother to buy extra brooms. Before discovering archery, he was a [[Roller skating|rollerskater]], having won medals at the [[Maharashtra]] state-level.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2023-08-13 |title=As a child, this world archery champion dismantled brooms at home to make bow & arrows |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/as-a-child-this-world-archery-champion-dismantled-brooms-at-home-to-make-bow-arrows/articleshow/102701074.cms |access-date=2023-08-15 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

He finished his secondary schooling from Siddhivinayak School in Gumgaon, Nagpur.<ref name=":1" />

== Training ==
Deotale discovered archery as a sport at a summer camp he attended as a 13-year-old in 2015.<ref name=":1" /> His parents soon enrolled him into an archery academy at Trimurti Nagar in Nagpur under the tutelage of Satyajeet Yelne where he started with the Indian bow before moving to recurve. Since the Trimurti Nagar academy lacked a target buttress, he moved to an academy in Tajbagh where he trained for 3–4 years.<ref name=":1" />

To get around travel restrictions imposed during the first [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdown]] of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Deotale stayed by himself for four months at his alma mater Siddhivinayak School where his father had installed a target buttress for him to practice. A school worker named Chaya Rakshak would bring him food from her home, while he began his training at 5AM with [[yoga]] and [[meditation]].<ref name=":1" />

During the second lockdown in 2021, Deotale initially rented a room near the Tajbagh academy but later went back to stay alone at the school.<ref name=":1" />

In July 2022, Deotale moved to [[Satara (city)|Satara]] to train at the Drushti Archery Academy under his current coach Pravin Sawant.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-06 |title=World Champion Archers Aditi Swami and Ojas Deotale Products of Same Academy Built on Sugarcane Farmland in Satara |url=https://www.news18.com/sports/world-champion-archers-aditi-swami-and-ojas-deotale-products-of-same-academy-built-on-sugarcane-farmland-in-satara-8516335.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
As on 14 August 2023, Deotale's average arrow score over his career is 9.72, and his current and career best world ranking is 9.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Ojas Pravin Deotale {{!}} World Archery |url=https://www.worldarchery.sport/profile/39157/ojas-pravin-deotale/statistics |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.worldarchery.sport |language=en}}</ref>

=== Indian Archery Junior Team Trials 2022 ===
At the Indian Junior team selection held in [[Sonipat]], Deotale scored 1,423 and 1,427 out of 1,440, breaking the Junior World Record of 1419 set by [[Mike Schloesser]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archery Junior Indian Team Trials: Results |url=https://sportslumo.com/other-sports/archery-junior-indian-team-trials-results/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Sportslumo |language=en}}</ref>

=== Sharjah 2022 Asia Cup, Leg 3 ===
In December 2022, Deotale made his debut for the senior India team winning the individual silver and team gold for India in the men's compound event.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=December 2022 |title=2022 Asia Cup - Stage III Summary |url=https://extranet.worldarchery.sport/documents/index.php/Events/World_Ranking/2022/22_WRE_Asia_Cup_leg_3_Sharjah_UAE/BOOK.pdf |access-date=15 August 2023 |website=World Archery}}</ref> Before his senior debut, Deotale had an accident in Pune that fractured his leg causing the Indian team coach to question his fitness for Sharjah. Deotale however, passed the fitness test despite the fracture.<ref name=":1" />

=== 2023 Archery World Cup ===
Deotale and his [[Compound archery|compound]] mixed team partner [[Jyothi Surekha Vennam]] won gold at the [[2023 Archery World Cup|World Cup]] Stage 1 in [[Antalya]] and the World Cup Stage 2 in [[Shanghai]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2023-05-20 |title=Archery World Cup: Jyothi Vennam - Ojas Deotale, Prathamesh Jawkar win compound gold; Avneet grabs bronze in Shanghai |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/37689712/archery-world-cup-2023-shanghai-jyothi-vennam-ojas-deotale-prathamesh-jawkar-win-compound-gold-avneet-kaur-bronze |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== 2023 World Archery Championships ===
At the [[2023 World Archery Championships – Men's individual compound|2023 World Archery Championships]], Deotale beat [[Poland]]’s Przemyslaw Konecki 148-144 in the quarterfinals, and former world champion [[Netherlands|Dutch]] archer [[Mike Schloesser]] in the semifinals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Scroll |date=2023-08-05 |title=World Archery C’ships 2023: Ojas Deotale, Aditi Swami win first-ever individual golds for India |url=https://scroll.in/field/1053847/world-archery-cships-2023-aditi-gopichand-swami-wins-first-ever-individual-gold-for-india |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> He scored a perfect 150 in the finals to beat Poland’s Lukasz Przybylski 150-149.<ref name=":0" />

He got off to a poor start at Berlin, blaming his performance on wind conditions. Recounting their conversation about the competition, his mother Archana said, "I told him if you are unable to perform and want to give excuses then better leave the sport. For the next two days he didn't speak to me. But after becoming world champion, he called me to tell me that your face was my target and I was spot-on."<ref name=":1" />

== Personal life ==
Deotale lives a focused life, staying away from television, social media, and socialising with friends. He celebrates his birthday with his family, and only socialises with his brother Jatin's friends. His coach describes him as down-to-earth and highly disciplined.<ref name=":1" />

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