Luis Álvarez (archer)
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Luis Antonio Álvarez Murillo (born 13 April 1991), also known as El Abuelo (The Grandfather), is a Mexican athlete who competes in
archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...
. Álvarez was selected as a member of the Mexican male archery team to compete at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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, after winning the 2012 Archery World Cup in Ogden, United States. This was the first Olympic games for the Mexican archer.2012 World Cup Results
, www.archery.org, ret: 24 July 2012 At the 2012 Olympics, in the men's individual event, he was ranked 30th after the ranking round. He then beat Yavor Khristov in the first elimination round, before being beaten by eventual gold medallist Oh Jin-Hyek in the second round. In the men's team event, Mexico beat Malaysia and France before losing to Italy in the semifinal. Mexico lost out on the bronze medal, losing the bronze medal match to South Korea 215–219. He won the bronze medal with Alejandra Valencia in the inaugural archery mixed team event at the
2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez, Luis 1991 births Sportspeople from Mexicali Living people Olympic archers for Mexico Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Mexican male archers Archers at the 2015 Pan American Games Archers at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games gold medalists in archery Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in archery Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico 21st-century Mexican sportsmen