Steve Wijler
Dutch archer (born 1996)
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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][4]
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| Full name | Steve Christina Hendrikus Wijler[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 1996 Horn, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Recurve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[5]
He 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.[6]
In 2021, Wijler won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event at the European Archery Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.[7] 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, he won the men's recurve event at the Dutch National Indoor Archery Championships.[8]
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.[9]
Wijler and Laura van der Winkel won the bronze medal in the mixed team recurve event at the 2024 European Archery Championships held in Essen, Germany.[10]
He also competed for the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's individual and men's team events.[11]
