Pablo Acha González (born 4 August 1996) is a Spanish male recurve

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. Acha won an individual gold medal and a mixed team silver medal at the 2021 European Championships. He has also medalled at the

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, the

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and several Archery World Cups.

Career

In 2017, Acha debuted on the senior international circuit. He won a surprise bronze medal in the mixed team event in the second leg of the

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, defeating the American team in the third-place match while partnering with

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. He also competed in his first

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a few months later. Acha won two bronze medals at the

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, one as an individual and one as a team. He followed this with another individual bronze at the

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, which secured Spain's qualification to the

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. Due to the

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, the only notable event Acha competed at in 2020 was the Indoor World Cup in France, where he placed fifth in the individual event. In 2021, Acha won two team medals in the Archery World Cup: a gold in the first leg and a silver in the second. He teamed with

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and Daniel Castro, beating the United States in the final to win their country's first gold medal in history of the event. That summer he competed at the 2021 European Championships. He won a gold medal in the individual event, defeating Galsan Bazarzhapov in the final. He also took home a silver medal partnering with

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in the mixed team event, ultimately losing to the Russian duo of Aldar Tsybikzhapov and Elena Osipova. He won the silver medal in the men's team recurve event at the

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held in Munich, Germany.

Personal life

Originally from

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, Acha moved to

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for his training. He got his start in archery at the age of eight because his older brother was doing it and his uncle was president of a local archery club. Acha is currently studying robotics and automation at the

University of Burgos The University of Burgos (in Spanish: Universidad de Burgos and often abbreviated UBU) is a public university in the Spanish city of Burgos with about 10,000 students studying over 30 different undergraduate degrees, over 20 PhD Programmes, as we ...

References

External links

Pablo Acha
at the-sports.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Acha, Pablo Living people 1996 births Spanish male archers Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in archery Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Archers at the 2019 European Games Archers at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in archery European Games silver medalists for Spain European Games bronze medalists for Spain Sportspeople from Burgos 21st-century Spanish people