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Full name | Bruce Makoto Arnold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States of America, United States Virgin Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Tulsa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Makoto Arnold is a retired historian and current archer who competes for the United States Virgin Islands. At the 2024 Youth & Masters Pan Am Championships in San Salvador, he and fellow Virgin Islander, Tatyana Muntyan, set a world record in mixed-team qualifications with a score of 1228 [2] [3] and were the first to set a world record in archery from that country.[ citation needed ]
In 1998, Arnold was an NAA All-American archer at the University of Tulsa, the first All American in archery from that university. [4]
Arnold earned degrees in computer science from Salt Lake Community College, the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of Tulsa. After these, he earned a bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies from the University of Arizona, a master's degree in East Asian History from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a master's degree in United States history from Sam Houston State University, and a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Charter Oak Stare College. [5] [ better source needed ] He then earned his PhD at Louisiana State University in 2014, [6] and worked as a historian and then as assistant professor of history at Ohio State University before retiring. [7]
Arnold is married to Ohio State educator Noelle W. Arnold. [8]