Steve Wijler (born 19 September 1996)[1] is a Dutch archer 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.[2] In 2021, Wijler and Gabriela Schloesser won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
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| Full name | Steve Christina Hendrikus Wijler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 1996 Horn, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Recurve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2018, Wijler won the gold medal in the men's team event at the World Indoor Archery Championships 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.[4]
Wijler represented the Netherlands at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus and he won the silver medal in both the individual recurve and team recurve events.[5]
In 2021, Wijler won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event at the European Archery Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.[6] He also won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics 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.[7]
Wijler represented the Netherlands at the 2023 European Games 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.[8]
Wijler and Laura van der Winkel won the bronze medal in the mixed team recurve event at the 2024 European Archery Championships held in Essen, Germany.[9]
References
edit- ^ "2019 World Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2017 World Archery Championships – Men's individual recurve results" (PDF). IANSEO Info System. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "Schutters Wijler en Schloesser geëmotioneerd en trots na historische plak". NU.nl (in Dutch). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "2018 European Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 European Games Archery" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "2021 European Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Boogschutters hele dag aan de bak bij NK handboogschieten indoor in Den Bosch: 'Je staat steeds weer aan'". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "2023 World Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "2024 European Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). IANSEO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
External links
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- Steve Wijler at World Archery
- Steve Wijler at Olympedia
- Steve Wijler at Olympics.com
- Steve Wijler at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Steve Wijler on Instagram
