Jake Kaminski (born August 11, 1988) is an American archer.

Personal life

Kaminski was born in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...

and grew up in

Elma, New York :'' For other places with this name, see Elma''. Elma is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 11,721 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the American elm tree. Elma is in the county's central area, southea ...

. As of August 2016, he resides in

Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gaine ...

with his wife Heather and children Kai and Genevieve. When not at home, he has resided in

Chula Vista, California Chula Vista (; ) is the second-largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the Largest cities in Southern California, seventh largest city in Southern California, the List of largest California cities by population, fifteenth largest city ...

at the U.S. Olympic Training Center since 2006 to develop his archery skills.

Archery career

Kaminski started his archery career at the age of six near his hometown of

, focusing on compound shooting at a Junior Olympic Development Club. By the age of 15, he focused his attention on

recurve archery In archery, a recurve bow is one of the main Bow shape, shapes a bow (weapon), bow can take, with limbs that curve away from the archer when unstrung. A recurve bow stores more energy and delivers energy more efficiently than the equivalent strai ...

so he could one day compete in the Olympics. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he competed for the U.S. in the Men's team event and won a silver

Olympic medal An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, second, and third place, respectively. The granting of awards is laid o ...

along with his teammates

Brady Ellison Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He is currently a Resident Athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. He holds the record for the longest continu ...

and

Jacob Wukie Jacob Wukie (born May 11, 1986, in Massillon, Ohio) is an American archer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed for his country in the Men's team event and the men's individual event. He won a silver Olympic medal along with his teammates ...

. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, he once again competed for the United States in the Men's team event and took home another silver Olympic medal, alongside teammates Brady Ellison and

Zach Garrett Zach Garrett (born April 8, 1995) is a male American recurve archer. He competed in the individual recurve event and the team recurve event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Garrett won a silver medal in the m ...

.http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/August/06/US-Mens-Archery-Team-Wins-Second-Straight-Olympic-Silver-Medal

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* 1988 births Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York American male archers Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in archery Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2011 Pan American Games World Archery Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in archery Living people Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{US-archery-bio-stub