Robin Ramaekers (born 26 October 1994) is a Belgian competitive archer.[1] He competed as a member of the Belgian archery squad in major international tournaments, spanning the World Championships, the 2015 European Games, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] Ramaekers currently trains at a local archery range in his native Tongeren (Dutch: Schutters Handboog Tongeren, SHT), under the tutelage of his coach Francis Notenboom, a former Olympian from the 1988 edition.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Robin Ramaekers |
| Born | 5 January 1996 Tongeren, Belgium |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Sport | Archery |
| Event | Recurve |
| Club | Schutters Handboog Tongeren |
| Coached by | Francis Notenboom |
| Updated on 22 February 2017 | |
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Ramaekers became the first Belgian archer to compete in an Olympic tournament since 2000, shooting only in the men's individual recurve.[4] First, he recorded a total score of 654 points, including 25 targets of a perfect ten, to seal the forty-second seed from a field of 64 archers in the classification round.[5] Heading to the knockout stage on the third day of the Games, Ramaekers firmly disposed the hard-charging Australian Ryan Tyack at 6–2 in the opening round, before he dropped his subsequent match on three straight sets to the Spaniard and tenth-seeded archer Juan Ignacio Rodríguez.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Robin Ramaekers". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Olympic archery athletes preview: #4 Europe". World Archery Federation. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Premier en action, Robin Ramaekers relance la grande tradition des archers belges" [First in action; Robin Ramaekers revives the illustrious tradition of Belgian archers] (in French). RTBF. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Boogschutter Robin Ramaekers heeft selectie op zak voor Rio" [Archer Robin Ramaekers pocketed selection for Rio] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Boogschutter Ramaekers eindigt 42e in kwalificatieronde" [Archer Ramaekers ranked no. 42 in the qualifying round] (in Dutch). Sporza. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 32". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Boogschutter Robin Ramaekers niet naar achtste finales in Rio: "Met opgeheven hoofd"" [Archer Robin Ramaekers failed to reach the round of 16, "with his head"] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
External links
edit- Robin Ramaekers at World Archery
- Robin Ramaekers at Olympedia
- Robin Ramaekers at Olympics.com
- Robin Ramaekers at Team Belgium (in Dutch and French) (archive)
- Robin Ramaekers on Twitter
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