Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He holds the record for the longest continuous period as the world number-one-ranked men's recurve archer, from August 2011 to April 2013. He earned his nickname "The Prospector" during the 2015 world championships due to his proclivity for 'finding gold'.[ citation needed ]
As a child, Ellison suffered from Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease and wore leg braces for some time. He has had subsequent health issues with his knees, particularly in the lead-up to and during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and the fingers of his drawing hand.
Ellison married Slovenian archer Toja Černe (now known as Toja Ellison) in April 2016. He credits his wife with introducing him to alternative medicine, which was used to cure pain in his fingers in late 2018. The pair had their first child in November 2020.
Ellison started archery as a child in Arizona. Initially, Ellison shot with a compound and represented the United States internationally as a youth archer with the bowstyle. He switched to recurve on the recommendation of coaches at the national training center in Chula Vista, California, where he has spent much of his time. He resides in Billings, Montana. [3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ellison finished his ranking round with a total of 664 points, which gave him the 15th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced John Burnes in the first round. Ellison won the match 111–89 and advanced to the second round. Here he was unable to beat another Canadian Jay Lyon, who was too strong with 113–107. [4] Together with Butch Johnson and Vic Wunderle he also took part in the team event. With his 664 score from the ranking round combined with the 653 of Johnson and the 652 of Wunderle the Americans were in 10th position after the ranking round. In the first round they lost to Chinese Taipei, 222–218. [5] [6]
Ellison secured his spot for the 2012 Olympics at the USA Archery's Olympic Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [7] He was sponsored by Solve Media, [8] Hoyt Archery, Easton Arrows, and Axcel Sight and Scopes, among others. [9] He won a silver team medal together with his teammates Jake Kaminski and Jacob Wukie. [10]
At the 2016 Rio Games, Ellison won an individual bronze medal, and a team silver medal with teammates Jake Kaminski and Zach Garrett. [2]
He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He lost to the eventual Gold Medallist Mete Gazoz of Türkiye in the quarterfinals of the men's individual event. [11]
Ellison and Casey Kaufhold won the bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. The duo faced off against Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat of India in the Bronze Medal match, before defeating them 6-2 to claim Bronze. Ellison then earned the silver medal in the individual event, losing the final 5–6 on a tiebreaker by having his perfect 10 being a couple of millimeters away from the center than that of his opponent five-time Olympic champion Kim Woo-jin of South Korea.
Ellison won medals at several editions of the World Archery Championships.
Two months after the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. [12] [13] He also won the bronze medal in the men's individual event. [13]
At three editions of The World Games (2013, 2017 and 2022), Ellison won the silver medal in the individual field recurve competition.
In 2022, he won the men's recurve event at the Vegas Shoot held in Las Vegas, United States. [14]
Ellison appears in an episode of the American-based TV show Mythbusters , where he helped to test the myth of the Ancient Greek 'arrow machine gun' (a mythical device that could fire arrows in a way similar to modern machine guns). With Ellison's help, the myth was deemed plausible.
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Archery tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 2R | 2R | 3rd | QF | 0/4 | |||||||||||
| World Championships | 3R | 3R | 3rd | 2R | QF | 2R | W | 3rd | 1/8 | |||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Stage 1 | 3R | 2R | W | W | W | 3R | QF | QF | 3R | QF | 2nd | W | NH | 2R | 4/13 | |
| Stage 2 | 3R | 4th | 3rd | W | 3R | QF | QF | 4th | W | 2nd | 3R | 3rd | NH | W | 3/13 | |
| Stage 3 | 1R | 2nd | 3R | 3R | W | 3R | QF | 3R | 4R | QF | QF | 4R | W | NH | W | 3/14 |
| Stage 4 | 1R | 3R | 3R | QF | QF | 4R | QF | 4R | QF | NH | 0/9 | |||||
| World Cup Final | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | W | W | 2nd | 3rd | W | QF | W | 2nd | 3rd | W | NH | 2nd | 5/11 |
| End of year world ranking | 19 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
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