Steve Wijler
Wijler in 2019
Personal information
Full nameSteve Christina Hendrikus Wijler
Born (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 27)
Horn, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportArchery
EventRecurve
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Mexico City Individual
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Yankton Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Legnica Individual
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Shanghai Individual
Gold medal – first place 2018 Salt Lake City Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Berlin Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Salt Lake City Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 Antalya Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Medellín Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Shanghai Individual

Steve Wijler (born 19 September 1996)[1] is a Dutch archer competing in men's recurve events. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event at the 2017 World Archery Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.[2] In 2021, Wijler and Gabriela Schloesser won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]

Career

In 2018, Wijler won the gold medal in the men's team event at the World Indoor Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. At the 2018 European Archery Championships in Legnica, Poland, he won the gold medal in the men's individual recurve event.[4]

Wijler represented the Netherlands at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus and he won the silver medal in both the individual recurve and team recurve events.[5]

In 2021, Wijler won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event at the European Archery Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.[6] He also won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in the mixed team event. He also competed in the men's individual and men's team events. Two months later, he competed at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.

In 2022, Wijler won the men's recurve event at the Dutch National Indoor Archery Championships.[7]

Wijler represented the Netherlands at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. He competed in the men's individual recurve, men's team recurve and mixed team recurve events. He also competed at the 2023 World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[8]

References

  1. ^ "2019 World Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ "2017 World Archery Championships – Men's individual recurve results" (PDF). IANSEO Info System. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Schutters Wijler en Schloesser geëmotioneerd en trots na historische plak". NU.nl (in Dutch). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ "2018 European Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 European Games Archery" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 European Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Boogschutters hele dag aan de bak bij NK handboogschieten indoor in Den Bosch: 'Je staat steeds weer aan'". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  8. ^ "2023 World Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

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