Indian archers who have medalled at the Archery World Cup Final

Dhiraj Bommadevara became the first Indian male to win recurve gold at the Archery World Cup Final when he defeated Japan’s Nakanishi Junya in the 2026 edition in Saltillo, Mexico. Other Indian medallists at the World Cup Final include Jayanta Talukdar, Abhishek Verma, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar.

The Archery World Cup Final is staged annually and fields an elite eight competitors: four who qualify by winning World Cup stages and four who earn places through qualification rankings. Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to two archers, while the host nation is entitled to at least one representative.

Jayanta Talukdar won a bronze medal in the 2010 Edinburgh edition of the World Cup Final and is cited in the source as the sole Indian male recurve medallist prior to the 2026 result. Talukdar’s career highlights listed in the source include a silver at the World Championships in 2005 and a gold at the World Cup in 2006.

Abhishek Verma is noted as a 2014 Asian Games silver medallist who has won two medals at the World Cup Final — one silver and one bronze. The source records that his silver came at the 2015 Mexico edition, where he lost to Demir Elmaağaçli, and that he later secured a bronze medal in the 2018 edition.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam is identified in the source as an eight-time World Championships medallist who, together with Arjuna Awardee Abhishek Verma, won the silver medal in the compound mixed team event at the 2018 World Cup Final. The pair were beaten in that final by the home favourites Demir Elmaağaçli and Yeşim Bostan.

Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar clinched the silver medal in the men’s compound at the 2023 edition of the World Cup Final. The source describes the 17th edition of the Archery World Cup as the tournament in which the Indian finished second in men’s compound archery while Mathias Fullerton secured gold.

According to the source, Dhiraj Bommadevara was 25 years old when he won the recurve gold in 2026, and his victory made him only the second Indian male archer to win a recurve medal at the World Cup Final, joining Jayanta Talukdar.