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List Of Notable Archers
This article contains a list of notable archers from modern-day, historical, and fictional sources. Historical *Huang Zhong *Einar Tambarskjelve * Horace A. Ford * Howard Hill * Ishi *Jack Churchill * Genghis Khan *Jumong *Lu Bu * Minamoto no Tametomo *Nasu no Yoichi *Robin Hood (Although the classical Robin is a fiction, his character is probably a conflation of several real historical figures) *Prithviraj Chauhan *Saxton Pope *Taishi Ci *Yue Fei *Zhou Tong (archer) *William Shatner *Jebe * Arjuna *Karna *Ekalavya Athletes The following sections are alphabetized by last name. Compound bow *Mel Clarke *Melissa-Jane Daniel * Roberval "Tico" dos Santos * Peter Elzinga * Sara López * Mike Schloesser * John Stubbs (archer) *Reo Wilde * Chris White Recurve bow * Charlotte Burgess * Brady Ellison * Victor Wunderle * Jake Kaminski * Jacob Wukie * Khatuna Lorig * Aida Roman * Lindsey Carmichael * Miroslava Cerna * Simon Fairweather * Gao Fangxia * Naomi Folkard * Gizem Girişmen * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archer
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who practices archery is typically called an archer, bowman, or toxophilite. History Origins and ancient archery The oldest known evidence of the bow and arrow comes from South African sites such as Sibudu Cave, where the remains of bone and stone arrowheads have been found dating approximately 72,000 to 60,000 years ago.Backwell L, d'Errico F, Wadley L.(2008). Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35:1566–1580. Backwell L, Bradfield J, Carlson KJ, Jashashvili T, Wadley L, d'Errico F.(2018). The antiquity of bow-and-arrow technology: evidence from Middle Stone Age layers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhou Tong (archer)
Zhou Tong ( and 周侗; pinyin: Zhōu Tóng) (died late 1121 CE) was the archery teacher and second military arts tutor of famous Song dynasty general Yue Fei. Originally a local hero from Henan, he was hired to continue Yue Fei's military training in archery after the boy had rapidly mastered spearplay under his first teacher. In addition to the future general, Zhou accepted other children as archery pupils. During his tutelage, Zhou taught the children all of his skills and even rewarded Yue with his two favorite bows because he was his best pupil. After Zhou's death, Yue would regularly visit his tomb twice a month and perform unorthodox sacrifices that far surpassed that done for even beloved tutors. Yue later taught what he had learned from Zhou to his soldiers and they were successful in battle. With the publishing of Yue Fei's 17th folklore biography, '' The Story of Yue Fei'' (1684), a new, fictional Zhou Tong emerged, who differed greatly from his historical persona. Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reo Wilde
Reo Wilde (born October 6, 1973, in Pocatello, Idaho) is an American athlete, who competes in compound archery. He took up archery in 1992 and first represented the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ... senior team in 1995, and has since won many World Cup and World Championships titles. As at October 2013 he is the number two ranked compound archer in the world. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilde, Reo 1973 births Living people American male archers World Archery Championships medalists World Games gold medalists Competitors at the 2013 World Games World Games medalists in archery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stubbs (archer)
John Stephen Stubbs (born 12 July 1965) is an England, English Target archery, competitive archer. Stubbs has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games, winning gold in the Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics - Men's individual compound, men's individual compound at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Games and silver in the Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Team compound open, team compound open at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, 2016 Games. Achievements Source: References *http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/worldchampionships/para-bangkok2013/results.aspx {{DEFAULTSORT:Stubbs, John English male archers British male archers Paralympic archers of Great Britain Archers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Archers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Manchester 1965 births Living people Members of the Order of the British Empire Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Schloesser
Mike Schloesser (born 15 january 1994 in Heerlen, Netherlands) is a compound archer from Netherlands. He has won minet medals at the World Youth Archery Championships, competed in the Archery World Cup and in the 2013 World Archery Championships he qualified 5th in the same event. He also competed in the men's team compound and mixed team compound event for Netherlands. He won the gold medal in the men's individual compound event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. Schloesser and Sanne de Laat also won the silver medal in the mixed team compound event. In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's individual compound event at the World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. In February 2022, he won the gold medal in both the men's compound and men's team compound events at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia. In March 2022, he won also the men's compound event at the Dutch National Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara López
Sara José López Bueno (born 24 April 1995), is a Colombian athlete who competes in compound archery. She first competed for the Colombian national team in 2011 Pre-Olympic event in Medellin, Colombia. She won medals at several editions of the World Games. At the FITA Archery World Cup in 2013, she qualified for the final. She rose to her highest world ranking of 3 in 2013, and her major achievements include winning the 2014 Archery World Cup. As well as competing internationally in archery, she is a medical student. López is the current world record holder for a 15-arrow round and other 10 world records, having become the first woman to shoot a perfect 150 at stage 3 of the World Cup in Medellin. In 2020, she won the inaugural Lockdown Knockout tournament organised by World Archery. In the final she defeated Anders Faugstad of Norway. She won the 2021 Athlete of the Year award by World Archery Americas in the compound women category. She won the silver medal in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Elzinga (archer)
Peter Elzinga (born 30 January 1981, Almere, Netherlands), is a Dutch athlete who competes in compound archery. His achievements include becoming the world number one ranked archer in 2004, European individual champion in 2004 and mixed team champion in 2012, and FITA Archery World Cup The Archery World Cup is a competition, started in 2006, organized by the World Archery Federation, where the archers compete in four stages in four countries and the best eight archers of each category (from 2010, four archers during 2006-09) ad ... stage wins as part of the Dutch men's team in 2006 and 2009. References 1981 births Living people Dutch male archers Sportspeople from Almere {{Netherlands-archery-bio-stub World Archery Championships medalists 21st-century Dutch people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberval Dos Santos, Tico
Roberval "Tico" dos Santos (born November 15, 1969 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian archer. Early years Dos Santos started in archery for fun in 1989, when he bought his first bow. From 1989 to 1994 archery was only a hobby. In 1995, he became a professional archer. In this year he placed second in the Brazilian Nationals. In 1996, he was appointed to the national team to compete the Pan-American Championship in Mexico City. In 1997 he went to his first World Championships, where he finished eighth. After Archery World Cup In 2006, the International Archery Federation FITA started a new form of international competition, the FITA Archery World Cup, with four stages in four different countries. The best four archers in each category compete for the World Cup title in an additional stage. In this new form of competition, and with a money prize, the archers throughout the world were able to meet more frequently and compete in the higher level. In 2006, dos Santos wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa-Jane Daniel
Melissa-Jane Daniel (born 19 August 1988) is a British archer who is currently studying a degree in Sociology at The University of Nottingham. Daniel, born in Preston, Lancashire, is a member of the Bowmen of Skelmersdale and has been a participant in the sport of archery since the age of six. She currently holds seven Regional (Lancashire) Records, along with four National Records in Clout Archery, five National Records in Flight archery and 5 National Records in Target archery. She also holds five World Records in Flight Archery, two of which were claimed on her 18th Birthday at the National Flight Championships held at RAF Church Fenton Royal Air Force Church Fenton or RAF Church Fenton was a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station located south east of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England and north west of Selby, North Yorkshire, near the village of Church Fenton. The station wa ... on 19 August 2006. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel, Melissa-Jane British female archer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Clarke
Mel Clarke (born 2 September 1982) is an English competitive archer. Personal life Clarke was born on 2 September 1982 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Since the age of 11 she has used a wheelchair because of an arthritic condition. In 2003 Lyme disease caused her to lose sight in one eye. Archery Clarke first tried archery as a member of the Girl Guides in 1998. She took part in her first international competition in 2002. In 2003, she became the first disabled archer from Europe to take part in an able-bodied event at international level, however it was during this event that she contracted Lyme disease. She lost sight in her aiming eye and had to remodel her shooting style to compensate, developing a stance with her head tilted back to make best use of her working eye. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, held in Beijing, China, she won a bronze medal in the women's individual compound event. Having been defeated by fellow British competitor Danielle Brown in the semifina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekalavya
Ekalavya (Sanskrit: एकलव्य, ''ékalavya'') is a character from the Indian epic Mahābhārata. He was a young prince of the Nishadas, a confederation of forest and hill tribes in ancient India. Ekalavya is called as one of the foremost of Kings in the Rajasuya Yagya where he honours Yudhishthira by offering shoes with respect. Eklavya was noted as a very powerful archer and warrior. Life Self-training In the Mahabharata, Ekalavya was the adopted son of Hiranyadhanus, the chief of Nishada, who found the former when he had been abandoned as an infant by Krishna's uncle and aunt. Ekalavya's adoptive father Hiranyadhanus was the commander of the most powerful king of the period, Jarasandha and Ekalavya himself served under King Jarasandha's army as General. As a youth, Ekalavya beheld Drona teaching archery to the Kauravas and the Pandavas - the royal Kuru princes - and was taken by a desire to learn himself. He approached Drona and respectfully requested to be tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karna
Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: ''Karṇa''), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, and Radheya, is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic '' Mahābhārata''. He is the son of the sun god Surya and princess Kunti (mother of the Pandavas), and thus a demigod of royal birth. Kunti was granted the boon to bear a child with desired divine qualities from the gods and without much knowledge, Kunti invoked the sun god to confirm it if it was true indeed. Karna was secretly born to an unmarried Kunti in her teenage years, fearing outrage and backlash from society over her premarital pregnancy, Kunti had no choice but to abandon the newly born Karna adrift in a basket on the Ganges, in the hope that he finds foster parents. The basket discovered and Karna is adopted and raised by foster ''Sūta'' parents named Radha and Adhiratha Nandana of the charioteer and poet profession working for king Dhritarashtra. Karna grows up to be an accomplished warrior of extraordinary abil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
