International archer Ojas Praveen Deotale received the Arjuna Award by President Draupadi Murmu for his outstanding performance in the 2023 Asians Games.
In this ceremony, 26 athletes including 21 year old Ojas Deotale were given Arjuna Award. The current season of Ojas has been fantastic. He started it with the World Archery Championship held in Berlin.
Ojas is the first Indian compound archer to become world champion by scoring 150 out of 150 in the 92-year history of the Archery World Cup. After this, Ojas’s magic was seen in the Asian Games where he scored a hat-trick of gold medals in team, mixed and individual categories in compound archery.