Steve Wijler (born 19 September 1996) is a Dutch

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 ...

competing in men's recurve events. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event at the 2017 World Archery Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico. In 2021, Wijler and Gabriela Schloesser won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2018, Wijler won the gold medal in the men's team event at the

World Indoor Archery Championships The World Indoor Archery Championships, an international competition in archery, have been held in alternate years since 1991 (except for a three-year gap 2009–2012), each time in a different host city. There are events in adult and junior ca ...

held in Yankton, United States. At the 2018 European Archery Championships in Legnica, Poland, he won the gold medal in the men's individual recurve event. Wijler represented the Netherlands at the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

held in Minsk, Belarus and he won the silver medal in both the individual recurve and team recurve events. In 2021, Wijler won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event at the

European Archery Championships The European Archery Championships is an 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, ...

held in Antalya, Turkey. He also won the silver medal at the

in Tokyo, Japan in the mixed team event. He also competed in the men's individual and men's team events. Two months later, he competed at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. In 2022, Wijler won the men's recurve event at the Dutch National Indoor Archery Championships. Wijler represented the Netherlands at the

2023 European Games The 3rd European Games ( pl, III Igrzyska Europejskie, Igrzyska Europejskie 2023), informally known as Kraków-Małopolska 2023, is a scheduled international sporting event to be held in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland in 2023. All Olympic sports h ...

held in Poland. He competed in the men's individual recurve, men's team recurve and mixed team recurve events. He also competed at the 2023 World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Germany.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wijler, Steve Living people 1996 births Place of birth missing (living people) Dutch male archers European Games medalists in archery European Games silver medalists for the Netherlands Archers at the 2019 European Games Archers at the 2023 European Games World Archery Championships medalists Olympic archers for the Netherlands Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in archery 21st-century Dutch people