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Born | March 31, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Compound | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Lutz (born March 31, 1998) [1] is an American compound archer. He became world champion in the men's individual compound event at the 2019 World Archery Championships held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. [1] [2] He is the fifth compound archer from the United States to become world champion in this event. [2] [3] In the final, he defeated Anders Faugstad of Norway. [2]
In 2020, he finished in 26th place in the men's compound event at The Vegas Shoot held in Las Vegas, United States. [4]
In 2021, Lutz won the gold medal in the men's team event at the World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. [5] [6] He also competed in the men's individual compound and mixed team events. [6]
Lutz represented the United States at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. [7] [8] He competed in the men's individual compound event. [8] He won two medals at the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships held in Santiago, Chile: the gold medal in the men's team event and the bronze medal in the mixed team event. [9]
Brady Ellison 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'.
Braden Gellenthien is an athlete from the United States who competes in compound archery. He is a former world number one archer and has won individual gold medals at the FITA Archery World Cup, Indoor World Championships and Arizona Cup, and team gold medals at the World Archery Championships.
Mike Schloesser is a compound archer from the Netherlands. In 2015, he was the first person to hit a perfect 600/600, hence his nickname Mister Perfect. In December 2023 he surpassed Sara López as the longest-tenured world number one. Both had been in the top three since the beginning of the 2015 season. Schloesser had been holding the number one position in the world ranking since 24 May 2021. In March 2024 he broke the record for the longest consecutive days ranked number one.
Toja Ellison is a Slovenian compound archer. At the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus, she won the gold medal in the women's individual compound event.
Casey Kaufhold is an American archer competing in women's recurve events. She won the silver medal in the women's individual event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. She competed in the women's individual and women's team events at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Paige Pearce is an American compound archer. She won two medals at the 2019 World Archery Championships held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands: the silver medal in the women's individual compound event and also the silver medal in the women's team compound event.
Cassidy Cox is an American archer competing in women's compound events. She won the silver medal in the women's team compound event at the 2019 World Archery Championships held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Anton Bulaev is a Russian archer competing in men's compound events. He won, alongside Natalia Avdeeva, the gold medal in the mixed team compound event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
Roberto Alexander Hernández Maldonado is a Salvadoran archer competing in men's compound events. He won the gold medal in the men's individual compound event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. As a result, he became the first man from El Salvador to win gold at the Pan American Games. He was the flag bearer during the Parade of Nations at the 2019 Pan American Games opening ceremony.
Andrea Maya Becerra Arizaga is a Mexican archer competing in women's compound events. She won the silver medal in the women's individual and women's team events at the 2023 World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Germany. She is also a silver medalist in the women's individual event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games held in El Salvador.
Anders Faugstad is a Norwegian archer competing in compound events. He won the silver medal in the men's individual compound event at the 2019 World Archery Championships held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. In the final, he lost against James Lutz of the United States. In 2019, Faugstad also won the gold medal in the junior men's individual compound event at the World Youth Archery Championships held in Madrid, Spain.
Robin Jäätma is an Estonian archer competing in compound events. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual compound event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. He became the first archer to win a medal for Estonia in the history of the World Archery Championships.
Nico Wiener is an Austrian archer competing in compound events. He won the gold medal in the men's individual compound event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. He also won the bronze medal in the men's team compound event.
Tanja Gellenthien is a Danish archer who competes in women's compound events. She won the gold medal in the women's individual compound event at the 2021 European Archery Championships in Antalya, Turkey.
Kris Schaff is an American compound archer. He won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 2017 World Archery Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico. In 2021, he also won the gold medal in the men's team event at the World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.
Ella Gibson is a British archer competing in compound events. She won the gold medal in the women's compound event at the 2024 European Archery Championships held in Essen, Germany. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia.
Daniel Muñoz Perez is a Colombian archer competing in compound events. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual compound event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. He also won the gold medal in the men's individual compound event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.
Ben Thompson is an American para-archer since 2014. As a compound archery competitor, Thompson won bronze at the 2015 Parapan American Games. At the World Para Archery Championships, Thompson was first in 2017 and 2019 in the men's open compound. During the men's open compound team events with the United States, Thompson was first in 2015 and third in 2017. He also competed at the 2022 World Para Archery Championships and 2022 World Games.
Dafne Valeria Quintero García is a Mexican archer competing in women's compound events. She won the gold medal in the women's individual compound event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games held in El Salvador.
Mathias Fullerton is a Danish archer competing in compound events. He won the gold medal in the men's compound event at the 2024 European Archery Championships held in Essen, Germany. He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 European Archery Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.