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Mete Gazoz
Personal information
Born (1999-06-08) 8 June 1999 (age 25)
Height180 cm (71 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportArchery
Eventrecurve
Medal record
Archery Recurve
Representing  Turkey
World Indoor Archery Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Ankara Junior Men team
World Archery Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Wuxi Junior Men team
European Youth Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Klagenfurt Cadet Men
Updated on 6 March 2016

Mete Gazoz (born 8 June 1999) is a male Turkish recurve archer. He represented Turkey at 2016 Rio Olympics.

Private life

Mete Gazoz was born on the 8th of June, 1999. Currently, he is a high school student at İhlas Kolej in Bahçelievler, Istanbul.[1][2]

Sports career

Gazoz began with Archery in 2010. The right-handed archer made his international debut in 2013.[1]

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,[3] in the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan,[4] and in the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[5] Gazoz won the silver medal in the Recurve Cadet Men event at the European Youth Cup Circuit 2015 in Klagenfurt, Austria,[6] and another silver medal in the Recurve Junior Men Team event at the 2016 World Indoor Archery Championships in Ankara, Turkey.[7]

Gazoz won his first match on the 8th of 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.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mete Gazoz". International Archery. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. ^ "İhlas Koleji öğrencisi Mete Gazoz'dan büyük başarı!". İhlas News Agency (in Turkish). 25 May 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. ^ "2014 Nanjing Yaz Gençlik Olimpiyat Oyunları". Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ "2015 Bakü Avrupa Oyunları". Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ "2015 World Archery Championships: Entries by country" (PDF). ianseo.net. pp. 7–18. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ^ "EYC Klagenfurt 2015 – Final Results". International Archery. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  7. ^ "World Archery Indoor Championships – 2016 Ankara, Turkey – Cpmplete Book" (PDF). World Archery. Retrieved 8 March 2016.