Gavin Ben Sutherland (born 26 June 1979) is a Zimbabwean competitive archer.[1] He became the first archer to represent Zimbabwe in an Olympic tournament since the late Wrex Tarr's appearance in Seoul twenty-eight years earlier, finishing as the fifth recurve male at the 2016 African Championships in Windhoek, Namibia to secure the country's Olympic berth for Rio 2016.[2] Currently residing in the United Kingdom, Sutherland trains at an upscale archery range in downtown Worthing, under the tutelage of his coach Gary Kinghorn.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gavin Ben Sutherland |
| Born | 26 June 1979 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Zimbabwe |
| Sport | Archery |
| Event | Recurve |
| Club | Worthing Archery Club (GBR) |
| Coached by | Gary Kinghorn |
| Updated on 24 February 2017. | |
Sutherland was selected by the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee to compete in the men's individual recurve at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] Heading to the knockout stage as the lowest-ranked archer of the 64-man field with 566 points, Sutherland lost his opening round match to the current world holder Kim Woo-jin of South Korea, who comfortably dispatched him from the tournament with an easy 6–0 score.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ "Gavin Sutherland". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Zim archer relishes Olympic debut in Rio". Zimbabwe: NewsDay. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Gavin At The Olympics". Worthing Archery Club. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 64". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (9 August 2016). "Top-ranked archer suffers stunning defeat in individual event". Yonhap. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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