Jeff Henckels (born 30 August 1984 in

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...

) is an athlete from

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

that competes in

archery 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 m ...

. Henckels 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 archery. He was defeated in the first elimination round by

Chen Szu-Yuan Chen Szu-yuan (; born 7 February 1981) is an athlete from the Republic of China. He competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Chen competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individua ...

, placing 56th overall. 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 was again knocked out in the first round, losing 6-2 to

Rick van der Ven Rick van der Ven (born 14 April 1991, in Oss) is a Dutch archer who started to practise archery at the age of 8. In 2009 at the World Junior Championship in Ogden, Utah Rick was the runner-up with a silver medal. In 2011 at the World Junior ...

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* * * * * 1984 births Living people Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Luxembourg Luxembourgian male archers Sportspeople from Luxembourg City Archers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Luxembourg Archers at the 2019 European Games Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2023 European Games {{Luxembourg-archery-bio-stub