Arne Jensen (archer)

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Arne Jensen
Personal information
Full nameHans Arne Jensen
Born (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998 (age 27)
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Sport Archery
Event Recurve
Coached byBenjamin Ipsen
Medal record
Men's Archery
Representing Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Palau Men's individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Palau Men's matchplay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Apia Recurve mixed matchplay
Updated on 24 February 2017

Hans Arne Jensen (born 25 February 1998) is a Tongan competitive archer. [1] Representing his nation Tonga at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Jensen trained under the tutelage of his Danish father and head coach Hans Jensen. [2] [3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Jensen became the first Tongan archer to compete in an Olympic tournament after 12 years, shooting only in the men's individual recurve. [2] [4] Jensen scored 604 points out of a possible 720 to take the sixty-first seed from a field of 64 archers in the qualifying round, before he faced his initial challenge against the eventual fourth-place finalist and world-ranked Dutch archer Sjef van den Berg, abruptly ending his Olympic debut in a dramatic 3–7 defeat. [5] [6]

In March 2019, while training for the Pacific Games, he broke Tonga's national archery record twice within a month. [7]

In May 2024 he was elected president of World Archery Oceania. [8]

He won two gold medals at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau. [9]

References

  1. "Arne Jensen". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Tongan archer, Arne Jensen's first Olympics at Rio". Matangi Tonga. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. Petersen, Jacob Qvirin (5 August 2016). "I dag skal du holde med 18-årige Arne fra Tonga" (in Danish). TV 2. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. "Seven Tongan athletes bound for Rio Olympics". Pacnews. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 64". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. "Jensen shoots well against top-ranked archer". Matangi Tonga. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. "Arne Jensen breaks national archery record twice". Matangi Tonga. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  8. "At 18, Arne Jensen made the Olympics for Tonga — now, he's helping others reach the same level". ABC Australia. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  9. "'We're still in disbelief': Tongan archers return home after record-breaking run in Palau". RNZ. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.