Mete Gazoz

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Mete Gazoz
Mete Gazoz (51830013773).jpg
Gazoz in 2021
Personal information
NicknameGazoz
NationalityTurkish
Born (1999-06-08) 8 June 1999 (age 25)
Istanbul, Turkey
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Sport Archery
Event recurve
Clubİstanbul Okçuluk GSK
Coached by Yusuf Göktuğ Ergin
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1 (23 May 2022)
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 101
World Championships 111
European Championships 112
World Cup 359
Mediterranean Games 211
Islamic Solidarity Games 111
European Grand Prix821
European Indoor Championships021
Other1073
Total272020
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Berlin Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Berlin Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Yankton Mixed team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Essen Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Nottingham Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Munich Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Essen Team
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Samsun Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 SamsunTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Samsun Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Berlin Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Berlin Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Berlin Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Samsun Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Shanghai Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Shanghai Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Shanghai Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Auburndale Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Antalya Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Berlin Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Antalya Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Antalya Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Yankton Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Paris Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Tlaxcala Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Shanghai Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Shanghai Mixed team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tarragona Recurve Men
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Oran Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Oran Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Oran Team
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Konya Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Konya Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Konya Individual
European Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 SofyaIndividual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 PlovdivMixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 PlovdivTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 UmagIndividual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 UmagTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 PorecMixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 PorecTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 AntalyaIndividual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 SofyaIndividual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 SofyaMixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 LilleshallIndividual
Conquest Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 İstanbulIndividual
Kahraman Bagatir Spring Arrows
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 AntalyaIndividual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 AntalyaMixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 AntalyaIndividual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 AntalyaMixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 AntalyaTeam
Veronica Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 KamnikIndividual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 KamnikMixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 KamnikTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 KamnikTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 KamnikMixed team
World Indoor Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Ankara Junior Men team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Yankton Junior Men's individual
World Youth Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Wuxi Junior Men team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Rosario Junior Mixed team
European Youth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 PorecJunior Men's individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 MarathonJunior Men's individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 MarathonJunior Men team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 PatrasJunior Men's individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 MarathonJunior Mixed team

Mete Gazoz (born 8 June 1999 in Istanbul) is a Turkish recurve archer. [1] He won the gold medal in the men's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2] He also represented Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the 2023 World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Mete Gazoz emerged victorious, claiming the prestigious Individual title. In an intense final, he triumphed over the skilled Canadian archer Eric Peters, securing his place as the first Turkish archer to achieve the esteemed recurve gold medal in a World Championship.

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Sports career

Gazoz began Archery in 2010. The right-handed archer made his international debut in 2013. [3]

He won the silver medal in the Recurve Junior Men Team event at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships in Wuxi, China. He participated in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, [4] in the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, [5] and in the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. [6] Gazoz won the silver medal in the Recurve Cadet Men event at the European Youth Cup Circuit 2015 in Klagenfurt, Austria, [7] and another silver medal in the Recurve Junior Men Team event at the 2016 World Indoor Archery Championships in Ankara, Turkey. [8]

Gazoz won his first match on 8 August 2016 in the 2016 Rio Olympics at 1/32 tour against the French Pierre Plihon, with a score of 6–5. At his second match, 1/16 tour, he lost the game 3–7 against the Dutch Sjef Van den Berg.

He won the bronze medal in the Junior Mixed team event with his teammate Yasemin Anagöz at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.

He claimed the silver medal in the Junior Men's individual event at the 2018 World Indoor Archery Championships held in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. [9]

He won the gold medal in individuals 70m category during the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. [10]

Mete Gazoz won gold in men's individual archery at Tokyo Olympic Games, bringing his country its first-ever Olympic medal in archery. “I’m feeling great. It’s amazing to be here, it’s amazing to have a gold medal at the Olympics. After 2016, after Rio, I promised myself I would be Olympic Champion next time in Tokyo,” said Gazoz. Gazoz, who defeated Luxembourg's Jeff Henckels in the first round match held on Thursday at the Yumenoshima Archery Field, and Australian Ryan Tyack in the second round match, had advanced to the last 16. He advanced to the quarterfinals by knocking off Australian Taylor Worth in the round of 16 in the morning session. Gazoz eliminated Brady Ellison of the United States, who is ranked number 1 in the world rankings, to book his spot in the semifinals. In the semis, Gazoz defeated Japan's Takaharu Furukawa to advance to the final. Here he competed against Italy's Mauro Nespoli. Gazoz won the match 6–4 and bagged the gold medal. [11] [12]

He won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event at the 2022 European Archery Championships held in Munich, Germany. [13] [14]

Mete Gazoz won the gold medal at the 2023 World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Germany by defeating Canadian Eric Peters 6–4 in the men's individual classical final as a result of 28–27, 28–30, 24–28, 30–28 and 28–29 sets. He defeated El Salvadoran Óscar Ticas 7–3 in the first round, Indian Tushar Prabhakar Shelke 6–0 in the second round, Swiss Florian Faber 6–0 in the third round, American Brady Ellison 6–0 in the fourth round, Chilean Ricardo Soto 6–2 in the quarterfinals and Brazilian Marcus D'Almeida 7–3 in the semifinals to reach the final. [15] By winning the silver medal at the 2023 World Archery Championships, the men's classical men's national team consisting of Mete Gazoz, Berkim Tümer and Muhammed Yıldırmış came second in the world. Turkey has achieved a quota for the 2024 Summer Olympics in both team and individual in men's classical men's archery. [16]

In 2023, he was honored for the third time with the Best Men's Recurve Archer of the Year award of the World Archery Federation following in 2018 and 2021. [17]

He won the gold medal in the men's individual recurve event at the 2024 European Archery Championships held in Essen, Germany by defeating Slovenian Den Habjan Malavašič 6–0 in the men's individual classical final match in 29–25, 26–25, 30–28 sets. Gazoz had reached the final by eliminating Luxembourg's Pit Klein 6–0, Dutch Steve Wijler 6–0, Dutch Gijs Broeksma 6–0, and French Baptiste Addis 7–1 in the semifinals. [18] In the men's team recurve event team consisting of Mete Gazoz, Berkim Tümer and Berkay Akkoyun won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 5–4 in the third place match. [18] Gazoz became the first archer to hold the Olympic, World and European championships at the same time. [19]

Mete Gazoz reached the quarterfinals of the men's individual competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, defeating Chilean Andrés Gallardo 6-0 in the first round, Taiwanese Tang Chih-chun 6-2 in the second round and French Thomas Chirault 6-5 in the third round. He lost 6-4 to South Korea's Kim Woo-jin in the quarterfinals and finished seventh in the Olympics. [20] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, the men's national team consisting of Mete Gazoz, Berkim Tümer and Abdullah Yıldırmış won the bronze medal by defeating China 6-4 in the third place match. This medal was the first medal won by Turkey in team competitions at the Olympics. [21]

He won the silver medal at the 2025 European Indoor Archery Championships in Samsun, Turkey, losing 7-3 to Bulgarian Ivan Banchev in the final match of the men's classical bow individual competition. [22] At the 2025 European Indoor Archery Championships, the men's classical bow national team consisting of Mete Gazoz, Berkim Tümer and Abdullah Yıldırmış won another silver medal, losing 5-4 to Italy in the final match. [23]

Honours

World Archery Federation
Best Men's Recurve Archer of the Year (3): 2018, 2021, 2023. [17]

References

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