MIXED TEAM: THE FACTS

An San and Kim Je Deok of South Korea won the inaugural mixed team event at the Olympic Games. It brought Korea’s total to 24 Olympic gold medals in archery, at least 10 more than any other country. Je Deok, at 17 years and 103 days, became the youngest male athlete representing Korea to claim an Olympic gold medal (in any sport), breaking the record held by Im Dong Hyun who was 18 when he won gold in the men’s team recurve in 2004.

The Netherlands took silver to claim their third Olympic medal in archery, after bronze for Wietse van Alten in the men’s individual in 2000, and gold in the men’s team ‘moving bird’ target all the way back in 1920. Gabriela Schloesser, who formerly competed for Mexico before she became a Dutch citizen, became the first female archer representing the Netherlands to claim an Olympic medal.

Alejandra Valencia and Luis Alvarez claimed bronze to hand Mexico their first medal of Tokyo 2020. It was the country’s third Olympic medal in archery, after claiming silver and bronze in the women’s individual in 2012.