2012 - ARCHERY

UNITED STATES 2012 ARCHERY OLYMPIC MEDAL

Men

Team

Brady Ellison Jake Kaminski Jacob Wukie

The United States won a silver medal in the Archery tournament at the Olympic Games in London in 2012. The result was not as good as in the 70s and 80s, when the United States conquered at least a gold medal at each Olympic edition from 1972 to 1988, but it served to bring the Americans to the podium again, absent in 2004 and 2008. MEN. The United States won a silver medal in the team competition. In the quarter-finals US defeated Japan by only 220-219. In the semifinal, US caused surprise by beating the favorite South Korea by 224-219. In the gold medal fight, the US did a thrilling battle against Italy, but lost 219-218. The team was formed by Brady Ellison, Jake Kaminski and Jacob Wukie. In the individual event, US failed to put any competitor in the eighth-finals round, despite its gold medal contender Brady Ellison. WOMEN. The U.S. women's team was defeated in the quarter-finals by China, 218-213. In the individual event, Khatuna Lorig managed the fourth place, She was defeated by Mexican Mariana Avitia by 6-2. Although USA only won a silver medal, the country returned to the podium in the Olympic events of Archery after a 12 years absent.