Areneo David

{{Short description|Malawian archer (born 1995)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| fullname = Areneo David

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| country = {{MAW}}

| sport = Archery

| event = Recurve

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| coach = Park Young-sook

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|6|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lilongwe, Malawi

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| height = {{convert|1.64|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| updated = 24 February 2017

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Areneo David is a Malawian competitive archer.{{cite news|title=Areneo David |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/areneo-david |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=23 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115254/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/areneo-david |archive-date=26 August 2016 }} At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, David etched a historic mark for Malawi as the first ever archer to compete in an Olympic tournament, shooting only in the men's individual recurve through a tripartite invitation.{{cite news|title=Malawi's Areneo David: Pursuing Rio 2016 Olympic dream|url=https://worldarchery.org/news/139633/malawis-areneo-david-pursuing-rio-2016-olympic-dream|publisher=World Archery|date=7 May 2016|accessdate=24 February 2017}} For the 72-arrow qualifying round, David discharged 603 points out of a possible 720 to take the sixty-second spot from a field of 64 archers, before he faced his initial challenge against the third-seeded Italian archer David Pasqualucci, which led to his abrupt departure from the tournament at 0–6.{{cite news|title=Archery: Men's Individual Round of 64 |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-32-eliminations-ar-17 |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=23 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101909/https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-32-eliminations-ar-17 |archive-date=26 August 2016 }}{{cite news|title=Areneo makes Malawi's Olympic archery arena debut|url=https://worldarchery.org/news/143214/areneo-makes-malawis-olympic-archery-arena-debut|publisher=World Archery|date=10 August 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017}}

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's individual event.{{Cite web|title=Archery – DAVID Areneo|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n1280997-david-areneo.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-14|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723015840/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n1280997-david-areneo.htm |archive-date=23 July 2021 }}