Gu Xuesong

Gu Xuesong
Personal information
Full nameGu Xuesong
Born (1993-06-21) 21 June 1993 (age 31)
Shanghai, China
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country China
SportArchery
EventRecurve
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Copenhagen Mixed team
Updated on 22 February 2017

Gu Xuesong (Chinese: 顾雪松; pinyin: Gù Xuěsōng; born June 21, 1993) is a Chinese competitive archer.[1] He has won two medals, a gold in the men's team recurve and a bronze in the mixed team, in a major international tournament, spanning the Asian Games and the World Championships.

Gu rose to prominence in the world archery scene at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. There, he and his teammates Yong Zhiwei and Qi Kaiyao powered past the Malaysian side in straight sets (6–0) to capture the men's team recurve title.[2]

At the 2015 World Championships, Gu contributed to the Chinese trio's effort by finishing fifth and securing the full quota spot for Rio 2016.[3] On that same season, he and his compatriots Yong and Xing Yu confidently knocked out the Canadians 6–0 towards their golden finish in the men's team recurve at an Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.[4]

Gu was selected to compete for the Chinese squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, shooting in both individual and team recurve tournaments.[5] First, he recorded 670 points out of a possible 720 to lead the Chinese threesome for the seventeenth seed heading to the knockout stage, along with an aggregate score of 1,997 produced by the trio in the classification round.[6] Sitting at sixth in the men's team recurve, Gu, along with Xing and Wang Dapeng, scored an upset 6–0 victory over the defending champion Italy in the quarterfinals, before they dropped the semifinal match to the Americans with a 2–6.[7] Attempting to retaliate on Australia for the podium lock, the Chinese trio could not edge their rivals out by a two-set deficit (2–6), but finished outside of medals in fourth instead.[8][9] In the men's individual recurve, Gu lost the opening round match to Kazakhstan's Sultan Duzelbayev with a score of 4–6.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Gu Xuesong". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. ^ "China takes first ever Asiad recurve archery men's team gold". Xinhua. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016 team quota places awarded in Copenhagen". World Archery Federation. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Canada second only to Chinese recurve men in Rio". World Archery. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. ^ "张弓搭箭 瞄金射靶(奥运大点兵·射箭)" [Archery team named for the Olympics, aiming a target for gold] (in Chinese). People's Daily. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  6. ^ "射箭男子排名赛：顾雪宋名列17 中国队备战积极" [Men's Archery Ranking Round: Gu Xuesong leads the Chinese team as ranked no. 17] (in Chinese). Sohu. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Men's team archery: South Korea shoots its way to gold, USA to silver". NBC Olympics. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Archery: Men's Team Bronze Medal Match". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  9. ^ Pentony, Luke (7 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Australia wins first Olympic medal of Games with bronze in men's archery". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 32". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.


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