Gijs Broeksma (born 10 December 1999) is a Dutch archer. He competes in recurve archery and is right-handed.

Gijs Broeksma
Personal information
Born (1999-12-10) 10 December 1999 (age 26)
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportArchery
Event
Recurve
Coached byRon van der Hoff

He competed in Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he as a part of Dutch team reached fourth place together with his teammates Sjef van den Berg en Steve Wijler.[1][2] In the individual tournament he reached 14th place in qualifications. Broeksma won in the knock-out phase and the 32nd finals but eventually lost in 16th finals after a shoot-off with 6-5 from de Takaharu Furukawa of Japan.

Broeksma was raised in Ruinen, Netherlands and currently lives in Arnhem where he trains at National Sports Centre Papendal.

References

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  1. "Gijs Broeksma". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. "2020 Summer Olympics - Athletes". ESPN. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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