Alan James "Al" Wills (born 3 August 1981 in Cumbria) is an athlete from the United Kingdom. He competes in archery.[1]

Alan Wills
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  United Kingdom
World Cup Final
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Dubai Individual
World Field Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Visegrád Individual
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Duisburg Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Cali Individual

2008 Summer Olympics edit

Wills represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's individual and team archery. He finished his ranking round with a total of 661 points. This gave him the 21st seed for the final competition bracket. There he beat Mauro Nespoli 103–98 in the first round and went on to edge out another Italian, Marco Galiazzo, 110–109 in round two. His run was ended by Juan Carlos Stevens of Cuba in the last 16 as he was defeated 108–104.[2]

Together with Simon Terry and Laurence Godfrey he also took part in the team event. With his 661 score from the ranking round combined with the 670 of Simon Terry and the 657 of Godfrey the British were in fifth position after the ranking round. In the first elimination round they faced the Chinese team and got eliminated with 214–210. The Chinese went on to win the bronze medal.[2]

2012 Summer Olympics edit

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wills again competed in both the men's individual and team archery competitions. In the individual, he was knocked out in the first round by Taylor Worth.[3] The British team were knocked out by the Ukraine in the first round of the team event.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Al Wills". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Athlete biography: Alan Wills". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
  3. ^ "London 2012 individual FITA Olympic round 70m men Results – Olympic archery". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  4. ^ "London 2012 team FITA Olympic round 70m men Results – Olympic archery". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

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