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Brady Ellison

Ellison at the 2019 World Cup Final
Personal information
Full name	Brady Lee Ellison
Born	(1988-10-27) October 27, 1988 (age 36) Glendale, Arizona, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in
Weight	190 lbs
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 3 2 World Championships 2 2 2 World Indoor Championships 2 0 2 Pan American Games 6 2 1 Men's Recurve archery Representing the  United States Olympic Games Silver 2012 London Team Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Silver 2024 Paris Individual Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual Bronze 2024 Paris Mixed World Championships Gold 2013 Belek Team Gold 2019 's-Hertogenbosch Individual Silver 2013 Belek Mixed team Silver 2021 Yanktok Team Bronze 2011 Torino Individual Bronze 2021 Yankton Individual World Indoor Championships Gold 2009 Rzeszów Team Gold 2012 Las Vegas Team Bronze 2012 Las Vegas Individual Bronze 2014 Nimes Individual World Field Championships Gold 2014 Zagreb Individual Gold 2014 Zagreb Team Gold 2016 Dublin Individual Gold 2016 Dublin Team Gold 2024 Lac La Biche Individual Silver 2018 Cortina Team Bronze 2018 Cortina Individual Bronze 2022 Yankton Team World Cup Gold 2010 Edinburgh Individual Gold 2011 Istanbul Individual Gold 2012 Tokyo Mixed team Gold 2014 Lausanne Individual Gold 2016 Odense Individual Gold 2019 Moscow Individual Silver 2012 Tokyo Individual Silver 2017 Rome Individual Silver 2021 Yankton Individual Bronze 2013 Paris Individual Bronze 2018 Samsun Individual World Games Silver 2013 Cali Individual Silver 2017 Wrocław Individual Silver 2022 Birmingham Individual Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Gold 2011 Guadalajara Individual Gold 2011 Guadalajara Team Gold 2019 Lima Mixed team Gold 2023 Santiago Team Gold 2023 Santiago Mixed team Silver 2015 Toronto Individual Silver 2015 Toronto Team Bronze 2019 Lima Team Pan American Championships Gold 2018 Medellín Team Gold 2018 Medellín Mixed team Bronze 2024 Medellín Team

Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He holds the record for the longest continuous period as the world number-one-ranked men's recurve archer, from August 2011 to April 2013. He earned his nickname "The Prospector" during the 2015 world championships due to his proclivity for 'finding gold'.

Personal life

As a child, Ellison suffered from Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease and wore leg braces for some time. He has had subsequent health issues with his knees, particularly in the lead-up to and during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and the fingers of his drawing hand.

Ellison married Slovenian archer Toja Černe (now known as Toja Ellison) in April 2016. He credits his wife with introducing him to alternative medicine, which was used to cure pain in his fingers in late 2018. The pair had their first child in November 2020.

Ellison started archery as a child in Arizona. Initially, Ellison shot with a compound and represented the United States internationally as a youth archer with the bowstyle. He switched to recurve on the recommendation of coaches at the national training center in Chula Vista, California, where he has spent much of his time. He resides in Billings, Montana.

Career

Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ellison finished his ranking round with a total of 664 points, which gave him the 15th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced John Burnes in the first round. Ellison won the match 111–89 and advanced to the second round. Here he was unable to beat another Canadian Jay Lyon, who was too strong with 113–107. Together with Butch Johnson and Vic Wunderle he also took part in the team event. With his 664 score from the ranking round combined with the 653 of Johnson and the 652 of Wunderle the Americans were in 10th position after the ranking round. In the first round they lost to Chinese Taipei, 222–218.

Ellison secured his spot for the 2012 Olympics at the USA Archery's Olympic Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was sponsored by Solve Media, Hoyt Archery, Easton Arrows, and Axcel Sight and Scopes, among others. He won a silver team medal together with his teammates Jake Kaminski and Jacob Wukie.

At the 2016 Rio Games, Ellison won an individual bronze medal, and a team silver medal with teammates Jake Kaminski and Zach Garrett.

He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He lost to the eventual Gold Medallist Mete Gazoz of Türkiye in the quarterfinals of the men's individual event.

Ellison and Casey Kaufhold won the bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. The duo faced off against Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat of India in the Bronze Medal match, before defeating them 6-2 to claim Bronze. Ellison then earned the silver medal in the individual event, losing the final 5–6 on a tiebreaker by having his perfect 10 being a couple of millimeters away from the center than that of his opponent five-time Olympic champion Kim Woo-jin of South Korea.

World Championships

Ellison won medals at several editions of the World Archery Championships.

Two months after the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. He also won the bronze medal in the men's individual event.

The World Games

At three editions of The World Games (2013, 2017 and 2022), Ellison won the silver medal in the individual field recurve competition.

Other

In 2022, he won the men's recurve event at the Vegas Shoot held in Las Vegas, United States.

Individual performance timeline in Outdoor Recurve

See also

In Spanish: Brady Ellison para niños