Malcolm Todd (archer)

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Malcolm Todd
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NationalitySouth African
Born (1941-12-13) 13 December 1941 (age 82)
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Sport Archery

Malcolm Todd (born 13 December 1941) is a South African archer. He competed in the men's individual event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]

He is currently the chairperson of Bellville Archery Club in Cape Town, South Africa [2] and is accredited to be a coach by the South African National Archery Association (SANAA) [3] .

Being somewhat of an icon in South African archery, he is very well known and even has a SANAA sanctioned tournament named after him, the Malcolm Todd Tournament [4] , which is based on the World Archery 1440 Round [5] .

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Malcolm Todd Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. Bellville Archery Club (no date) Western Cape Archery Federation. Available at: https://wparchery.org/locations/bellville-archery-club/ (Accessed: 18 December 2023).
  3. Sanaa accredited coaches (2023) SANAA. Available at: https://www.sanaa.org.za/sanaa-accredited-coaches/ (Accessed: 18 December 2023).
  4. Malcolm Todd tournament (no date) Western Cape Archery Federation. Available at: https://wparchery.org/events/malcolm-todd-tournament-3/ (Accessed: 18 December 2023).
  5. Archery, 2020 (no date) What is a WA 1440 competition?, 2020 Archery. Available at: https://www.2020archery.co.uk/blog/what-is-a-wa-1440-competition/#:~:text=A%20WA1440%20is%20a%20metric%20round%20%28as%20opposed,of%20the%20following%20distances%3A%2070m%2C%2050m%20and%2030m. (Accessed: 18 December 2023).