Ojas Pravin Deotale

Ojas Pravin Deotale (born 18 June 2002) is an Indian compound archer.

Early life Deotale is from Nagpur. As a kid, he would fashion bowrows by dismaoms in his house, forcing his mother to buy extra brooms. Befe discovering archery, he was a rollerskater, having won medals at the Maharashtra state-level.

He finished his secondary schooling from Siddhivinayak School in Gumgaon, Nagpur.

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.

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.

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. 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.

2023 World Archery Championships At the 2023 World Archery Championships, Deotale beat Poland’s Przemyslaw Konecki 148-144 in the quarterfinals, and former world champion Dutch archer Mike Schloesser in the semifinals. He scored a perfect 150 in the finals to beat Poland’s Lukasz Przybylski 150-149.