Jacob Wukie

Jacob Wukie
Wukie at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born May 11, 1986 (1986-05-11) (age 32)
Massillon, Ohio, U.S.
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2012 London Team

Jacob Wukie (born May 11, 1986,[1] in Massillon, Ohio) is an American archer.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed for his country in the Men's team event and the men's individual event.[3] He won a silver Olympic medal along with his teammates Brady Ellison and Jake Kaminski. In the individual event he finished 12th in the ranking round, before eliminating Jayanta Talukdar in the first round.[3][4] He was himself then knocked out by Bård Nesteng.[4]

Wukie, a devout Christian, is one of four children of John and Patty Wukie.[5] Wukie attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He married Brianne Pinkerton on December 1, 2012.[6] He is well known as a big time john (BTJ), and often places high in the John Poles.

References

  1. ↑ "Jacob Wukie | WKYC's Olympic Zone". NBC Olympics. July 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Jacob Wukie". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jacob Wukie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  4. 1 2 "individual (FITA Olympic round – 70m) men results – Archery – London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  5. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/WU/Jacob-Wukie.aspx
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/scotteinsmann/status/274997707892994048/photo/1


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