Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Easton Arrows Used by Every Medal Winner in Tokyo

Easton X10 arrows were the arrow of choice for every single Archery medal winner at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games that concluded last week. The individual winners were An San of South Korea in the women’s individual, and Mete Gazoz of Turkey in the men’s Individual. An San broke the Olympic Record, and also became the sports first ever triple gold medalist by adding Team and Mixed Team gold to her medal haul. The South Korean women won their ninth straight Olympic Games, having never lost a match at the Olympics in Team competition.

Overall, 30 medals were awarded in Archery at this Olympics. Three each for men’s and women’s induvial competition, and nine each for men’s and women’s team competition. New for the 2020 games was the “Mixed Team” event featuring one male and one female per nation combining to compete as a team, which awarded six more medals.

The winners in Tokyo include:

Men’s Individual

Gold – Mete Gazoz, Turkey

Silver – Mauro Nespoli, Italy

Bronze – Takaharu Furukawa, Japan

Women’s Individual

Gold – An San, South Korea

Silver – Elena Osipova, Russian Olympic Committee

Bronze – Lucilla Boari, Italy

Men’s Team

Gold – South Korea

Silver – Chinese Taipei

Bronze – Japan

Women’s Team

Gold – South Korea

Silver – Russia

Bronze – Germany

Mixed Team

Gold – South Korea

Silver – Netherlands

Bronze – Mexico

Since 1992, Easton arrow have been used to win every individual and team medal at the Olympic Games. At this Olympics, 126 of the 128 archers competing were using Easton X10 arrows made at Easton’s Utah manufacturing facility.

For more information, visit www.EastonArchery.com