Mete Gazoz

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Mete Gazoz
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Mete Gazoz, 2021
Personal information
Nickname(s)Gazoz
NationalityTurkish
Born (1999-06-08) 8 June 1999 (age 22)
Istanbul, Turkey
Height180 cm (71 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportArchery
Event(s)recurve
Coached byYusuf Göktuğ Ergin
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking2 (28 June 2021)
Medal record
Archery Recurve
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
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Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Individual
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Yankton Mixed Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2016 Nottingham Recurve Men
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Yankton Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Berlin Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antalya Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 Shanghai Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antalya Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin Individual
Silver medal – second place 2018 Shanghai Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Antalya Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Berlin Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Samsun Mixed team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Recurve Men
World Indoor Championship
Silver medal – second place 2018 Yankton Junior Men's individual
Silver medal – second place 2016 Ankara Junior Men team
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Rosario Junior Mixed Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Wuxi Junior Men team
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Patras Junior Men's individual
Gold medal – first place 2017 Porec Junior Men's individual
Gold medal – first place 2017 Marathon Junior Men's individual

Mete Gazoz (born 8 June 1999 in Istanbul) is a Turkish recurve archer.[1] He won the gold medal in the men's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He also represented Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Sports career[]

Gazoz began with Archery in 2010. The right-handed archer made his international debut in 2013.[3]

He won the silver medal in the Recurve Junior Men Team event at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships in Wuxi, China. He participated in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China,[4] in the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan,[5] and in the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[6] Gazoz won the silver medal in the Recurve Cadet Men event at the European Youth Cup Circuit 2015 in Klagenfurt, Austria,[7] and another silver medal in the Recurve Junior Men Team event at the 2016 World Indoor Archery Championships in Ankara, Turkey.[8]

Gazoz won his first match on 8 August 2016 in the 2016 Rio Olympics at 1/32 tour against the French Pierre Plihon, with a score of 6–5. At his second match, 1/16 tour, he lost the game 3–7 against the Dutch Sjef Van den Berg.

He won the bronze medal in the Junior Mixed Team event with his teammate Yasemin Anagöz at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.

He claimed the silver medal in the Junior Men's individual event at the 2018 World Indoor Archery Championships held in Yankton, South Dakota, United States.[9]

He won the gold medal in individuals 70m category during the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.[10]

Mete Gazoz won gold in men's individual archery at Tokyo Olympic Games, bringing his country its first-ever Olympic medal in archery. “I’m feeling great. It’s amazing to be here, it’s amazing to have a gold medal at the Olympics. After 2016, after Rio, I promised myself I would be Olympic Champion next time in Tokyo,” said Gazoz. Gazoz, who defeated Luxembourg's Jeff Henckels in the first round match held on Thursday at the Yumenoshima Archery Field, and Australian Ryan Tyack in the second round match, had advanced to the last 16. He advanced to the quarterfinals by knocking off Australian Taylor Worth in the round of 16 in the morning session. Gazoz eliminated Brady Ellison of the United States, who is ranked number 1 in the world rankings, to book his spot in the semifinals. In the semis, Gazoz defeated Japan's Takaharu Furukawa to advance to the final. Here he competed against Italy's Mauro Nespoli. Gazoz won the match 6-4 and bagged the gold medal.[11][12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mete Gazoz".
  2. ^ "TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz".
  3. ^ "Mete Gazoz". International Archery. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ "2014 Nanjing Yaz Gençlik Olimpiyat Oyunları". Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ "2015 Bakü Avrupa Oyunları". Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  6. ^ "2015 World Archery Championships: Entries by country" (PDF). ianseo.net. pp. 7–18. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ^ "EYC Klagenfurt 2015 – Final Results". International Archery. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  8. ^ "World Archery Indoor Championships – 2016 Ankara, Turkey – Cpmplete Book" (PDF). World Archery. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Mete Gazoz dünya ikincisi oldu!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  10. ^ "ATHLETE PROFILE: GAZOZ Mete". Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Turkey wins 1st-ever Olympic medal in archery".
  12. ^ "Mete Gazoz wins the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games".

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