Mete Gazoz

Mete Gazoz
Personal information
Born (1999-06-08) 8 June 1999
Istanbul
Height 180 cm (71 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country  Turkey
Sport Archery
Event(s) recurve
Updated on 18 February 2018.

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

Gazoz was born on 8 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 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.[8]

He won the gold medal in individuals 70m category during the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mete Gazoz". International Archery. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  2. "İhlas Koleji öğrencisi Mete Gazoz'dan büyük başarı!". İhlas News Agency (in Turkish). 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  3. "2014 Nanjing Yaz Gençlik Olimpiyat Oyunları". Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  4. "2015 Bakü Avrupa Oyunları". Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  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 2016-03-08.
  7. "World Archery Indoor Championships – 2016 Ankara, Turkey – Cpmplete Book" (PDF). World Archery. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  8. "Mete Gazoz dünya ikincisi oldu!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  9. "ATHLETE PROFILE: GAZOZ Mete". Mediterranean Games. Retrieved 2018-07-02.


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