 Madaye in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Chadian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1988 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Israel Madaye (born 23 March 1988) [1] is a Chadian archer. A bronze medalist at the 2019 African Games, he qualified to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
A keen footballer in his youth, he began archery at the age of 19 years old. He won a regional event in Niger in 2013 and went on to reach the quarter-finals at the 2016 African Archery Championships in Windhoek, Namibia. [2]
He won the bronze medal in the mixed team recurve event with Marlyse Hourtou at the 2019 African Games in Rabat. At the Games, he also finished fourth in the individual event and won bronze in the team event. [3] [4]
In 2023, he won the gold medal in the mixed team recurve bow with Martine Abaïfouta Hallas Maria at the 2023 African Archery Championships in Nabeul, Tunisia. [5] [6] With that result he automatically qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games. [7]
In July 2024, he was confirmed to be representing Chad at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [8]
In August 2024, he joined Good Neighbors (organization) as a global influencer, who supports initiatives to empower children in African countries. [9]
He is a resident archer at the World Archery Excellence Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland. [10]
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