David Barnes (born 22 February 1986) is an athlete from

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. He competes in

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. He was an

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scholarship holder. Barnes competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in men's individual

. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 36th overall. Barnes was also a member of the 6th-place Australian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer

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. Barnes was part of Australia's men's archery team that qualified for the 2020

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. His team-mates were

Ryan Tyack Ryan Tyack (born 2 June 1991) is an Australian archer competing in men's recurve events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He earned a gold medal at the 2006 Junior World Outdoor Target Championships in the male recurve cadet event. He also won a g ...

and

Taylor Worth Taylor Worth (born 8 January 1991) is an Australian archer competing in recurve events. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the men's team event, a gold medal at the United States Open and at the 2008 World Youth Archery Cha ...

. They competed together in the team event as well against one another in the individual event. In the individual event Barnes fell to Indonesia's

Riau Ega Agatha Riau Ega Agatha Salsabilla (born 25 November 1991) is an Indonesian recurve archer. He represented Indonesia at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Career At the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, Ega Agatha won gold along with partner Ika Yuliana ...

in the first round, In the team event, they lost to the favoured

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team in the first round.

Early years

Barnes began archery as a nine-year-old. He loved target practice and ended up getting a fibreglass bow. His parents then encouraged him to join a club. In 1999 at the age of 13 he was invited to represent Australia at the 2000

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Olympic Test Event In 2003 Barnes competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival and won two gold medals. At the World Championships he achieved an individual silver and an overall Australian team win. In 2004 Barnes made his Olympic debut as an 18-year-old when he competed at the 2004

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Olympic Games.

Achievements

Some of his best achievements are: * 3rd, Senior World Championships in 2003, New York Fairweather and friends target golden opportunity
/ref> * 2nd, Cadet World Championships in 2002, Czech Republic * 1st, Cadet Teams World Championships in 2002, Czech Republic * 2nd, European Grand Prix, 2002, Turkey * 3rd, International Athens tournament, 2003, Athens * 3rd, European Grand Prix, 2004, Croatia * 3rd, European Grand Prix, 2004, Turkey * 1st, IFAA World Field Archery Championships 2006, AustraliaResults WFAC 2006
, Official Results IFAA World Field Archery Championships 2006. Barnes has set many world records along the way including * 2000 Set 3 Cadet World Records * 2001 Set 2 Cadet World Records * 2002 Set 2 Junior, 18 Cadet, and 3 Cadet Team World Records * 2003 Set 1 Junior world Record * 2004 Set 1 Junior World Record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, David 1986 births Living people Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Australian male archers Olympic archers of Australia Australian Institute of Sport archers Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people