Mitch Dielemans (born 6 January 1993) is a Dutch competitive

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 mo ...

. He won a bronze medal in the men's team recurve at the

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, and eventually competed as a member of the Dutch archery squad at the

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. Dielemans currently serves as an intern at the Dutch sport centre

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, while pursuing his studies major in commercial economics at the Randstad Topsport Academie in

Deventer Deventer (; Sallands: ) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020, Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, bu ...

. Dielemans rose to prominence in the international archery scene at the

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, Azerbaijan. There, he and his compatriots

Sjef van den Berg Sjef van den Berg (born 14 April 1995) is a retired Dutch competitive archer. He has won a total of two medals (a silver in the individual recurve and a bronze for the Dutch team) at the 2015 European Games, and eventually finished fourth in th ...

and London 2012 fourth-place finalist

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 ...

launched eleven perfect 10s to beat the Frenchmen for the bronze medal with a steady 3–5 score. Shortly after the European Games, Dielemans contributed to the Dutch trio's performance by finishing sixth and obtaining a full quota place for

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at the

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, booking his country's maiden appearance in an Olympic archery competition since

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. Dielemans was selected to compete for the Dutch squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, shooting in both individual and team recurve tournaments. First, Dielemans managed to tally a total of 634 points out of a maximum 720 to obtain a fifty-eighth seed heading to the knockout stage, along with his team's score of 1,981 accumulated from the classification round. In the men's team recurve, Dielemans, alongside his compatriots Van den Berg and Van der Ven, firmly disposed the Spaniards with a 5–1 score in the opening round, before conceding a 2–6 defeat to the eventual champion South Korea during their quarterfinal match. In the men's individual recurve, Dielemans proved more challenging in an attempt to overthrow London 2012 silver medalist

Takaharu Furukawa is an archery athlete from Japan, competing in both individual and team archery events. He competed in the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the 2006 All-Japan National Champion, Archery career Furukawa began his archery car ...

of Japan, succumbing his Olympic debut to an opening-round defeat at 1–7.

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* 1993 births Living people Dutch male archers Archers at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for the Netherlands European Games medalists in archery People from Geldrop Sportspeople from North Brabant Olympic archers of the Netherlands Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-archery-bio-stub