Mitch Dielemans (born 6 January 1993) is a Dutch competitive archer.[1] He won a bronze medal in the men's team recurve at the 2015 European Games, and eventually competed as a member of the Dutch archery squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] Dielemans currently serves as an intern at the Dutch sport centre Papendal, while pursuing his studies major in commercial economics at the Randstad Topsport Academie in Deventer.
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| Full name | Mitch Dielemans | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 1993 Geldrop, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dielemans rose to prominence in the international archery scene at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. There, he and his compatriots Sjef van den Berg and London 2012 fourth-place finalist Rick van der Ven launched eleven perfect 10s to beat the Frenchmen for the bronze medal with a steady 3–5 score.[2]
Shortly after the European Games, Dielemans contributed to the Dutch trio's performance by finishing sixth and obtaining a full quota place for Rio 2016 at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, booking his country's maiden appearance in an Olympic archery competition since Athens 2004.[3]
Dielemans was selected to compete for the Dutch squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, shooting in both individual and team recurve tournaments.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6] In the men's individual recurve, Dielemans proved more challenging in an attempt to overthrow London 2012 silver medalist Takaharu Furukawa of Japan, succumbing his Olympic debut to an opening-round defeat at 1–7.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Mitch Dielemans". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Brons voor de handboogschutters op Europese Spelen" [Bronze for the archers at the European Games] (in Dutch). NOC*NSF. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Sjef, Rick and Mitch to represent Netherlands in Rio". World Archery. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Handboogschutter Van den Berg vierde, Kim schiet wereldrecord" [Archer Van den Berg finished fourth, Kim shot for world record] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Archery: Men's Team Quarterfinal". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "South Korea nearly flawless in team archery, beats US". USA Today. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 32". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Mitch Dielemans uitgeschakeld bij het handboogschieten op Olympische Spelen" [Archer Mitch Dielemans eliminated at the Olympics] (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
External links
edit- Mitch Dielemans at World Archery
- Mitch Dielemans at Olympedia (archive)
- Mitch Dielemans at Olympics.com
- Mitch Dielemans at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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