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Brady Ellison

{{Short description|American archer (born 1988)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Brady Ellison

| image = 2019-09-07 - Archery World Cup Final - Men's Recurve - Photo 082.jpg

| caption = Ellison at the 2019 World Cup Final

| fullname = Brady Lee Ellison

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|27}}

| birth_place = Glendale, Arizona, U.S.

| height = 6 ft 0 in{{cite web|title=Brady Ellison|url=http://www.teamusa.org/usa-archery/athletes/Brady-Ellison|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030171010/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-archery/athletes/Brady-Ellison|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 30, 2014|website=teamusa.org|publisher=United States Olympic Committee|access-date=August 6, 2016}}

| weight = 190 lbs[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/brady-ellison Brady Ellison] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902114057/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/brady-ellison |date=September 2, 2016 }}. rio2016.com

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{{MedalSport | Men's Recurve archery}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalSilver| 2012 London | Team}}

{{MedalSilver| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team}}

{{MedalSilver| 2024 Paris | Individual}}

{{MedalBronze| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Individual}}

{{MedalBronze| 2024 Paris | Mixed}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2013 Belek|Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2019 's-Hertogenbosch|Individual}}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Belek|Mixed team}}

{{MedalSilver | 2021 Yanktok|Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Torino|Individual}}

{{MedalBronze | 2021 Yankton|Individual}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2009 Rzeszów | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Las Vegas | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2012 Las Vegas | Individual}}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Nimes | Individual}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Field Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Zagreb|Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Zagreb|Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2016 Dublin|Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2016 Dublin|Team}}

{{MedalGold |2024 Lac La Biche|Individual}}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Cortina|Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Cortina|Individual}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Yankton|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Edinburgh | Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Istanbul | Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Tokyo | Mixed team}}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Lausanne | Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2016 Odense | Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Moscow | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 Tokyo | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Rome | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver | 2021 Yankton | Individual}}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 Paris | Individual}}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Samsun | Individual}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Cali|Individual}}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Wrocław|Individual}}

{{MedalSilver | 2022 Birmingham|Individual}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Guadalajara | Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Guadalajara | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Lima | Mixed team}}

{{MedalGold | 2023 Santiago | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2023 Santiago | Mixed team}}

{{MedalSilver| 2015 Toronto | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver| 2015 Toronto | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Lima | Team}}

{{Medal|Competition|Pan American Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2018 Medellín|Team}}

{{Medal|Gold|2018 Medellín|Mixed team}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Medellín|Team}}

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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'.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcmontana.com/sports/local-sports/montanans-cameron-wood-brady-ellison-advance-in-their-olympic-events|title=Montanans Cameron Wood, Brady Ellison advance in Olympic events

|publisher=NBC Montana|first=Ethan|last=Becker|date=August 1, 2024|access-date=August 4, 2024}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/220599.shtml |title=Athlete biography: Brady Ellison |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907200842/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/220599.shtml |archive-date=September 7, 2008}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/athlete?id=14671 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331230708/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/athlete?id=14671 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 31, 2013 |title=Brady Ellison – Olympics Athletes – 2008 Summer Olympics |publisher=ESPN |access-date=October 6, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hoytrecurve.com/shooting_staff/index.php# |title=Shooting Staff |publisher=Hoyt Recurve |access-date=July 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802074500/http://www.hoytrecurve.com/shooting_staff/index.php |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}

Ellison secured his spot for the 2012 Olympics at the USA Archery's Olympic Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado.{{cite web|first=Tom |last=Robinson |title=Olympic Weekend Wrap-Up: June 4, 2012 |publisher=teamUSA.org |access-date=July 18, 2012 |url=http://www2.teamusa.org/News/2012/June/04/Olympic-Weekend-Wrap-Up-June-4-2012.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605211115/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2012/June/04/Olympic-Weekend-Wrap-Up-June-4-2012.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 5, 2012 }} He was sponsored by Solve Media,{{cite web |first=Darren |last=Heitner |title=American Olympians Competing For Gold In Archery And Weightlifting Find Timely Financial Support |work=Forbes |access-date=July 18, 2012 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2012/07/18/american-olympians-competing-for-gold-in-archery-and-weightlifting-find-timely-financial-support/}} Hoyt Archery, Easton Arrows, and Axcel Sight and Scopes, among others.{{cite web|title=A WORD FOR BRADY'S SPONSORS...THANKS |publisher=BradyEllison.com |url=http://bradyellison.com/Brady/Sponsor_links.html |access-date=July 18, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He won a silver team medal together with his teammates Jake Kaminski and Jacob Wukie.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/brady-ellison-1.html |title=Brady Ellison |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913005417/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/brady-ellison-1.html |archivedate=September 13, 2016}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Metcalfe|first=Jeff|title=Arizona archer Brady Ellison qualifies for fourth Olympics|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/06/01/arizona-archer-brady-ellison-qualifies-fourth-olympics/7497485002/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite news|last=Lloyd|first=Owen|date=24 September 2021|title=South Korea sweep team recurve finals at World Archery Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113407/2021-world-archery-championships|access-date=25 September 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 World Archery Championships Results Book|url=https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2021/9244/BOOK.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926212754/https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2021/9244/BOOK.pdf|archive-date=26 September 2021|access-date=2 October 2021|website=IANSEO – Integrated Result System}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=Chris |date=7 February 2022 |title=Teenagers Bodie Turner, Liko Arreola win Vegas Shootdowns |work=World Archery |url=https://worldarchery.sport/news/200597/teenagers-bodie-turner-liko-arreola-win-vegas-shootdowns |access-date=6 March 2022}}

In popular culture

Ellison appears in an episode of the American-based TV show Mythbusters, where he helped to test the myth of the Ancient Greek 'arrow machine gun' (a mythical device that could fire arrows in a way similar to modern machine guns). With Ellison's help, the myth was deemed plausible.

Individual performance timeline in Outdoor Recurve

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References

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External links

{{Commons category|Brady Ellison}}

  • {{World Archery}}
  • {{World Games}}
  • {{Team USA|new_id=brady-ellison-838091|old_id=EL/Brady-Ellison|archive=20230318103449}}
  • {{Olympedia}}
  • {{Olympics.com}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20240805012319/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/brady-ellison_1955595 Brady Ellison] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/brady-ellison_1955595 alternate link])
  • {{2019 Pan American Games profile|archery/athlete-profile-n1143227-ellison-brady}}
  • {{Instagram}}

{{Pan American Champions Archery Men Individual}}

{{Pan American Champions Archery Men Team}}

{{Pan American Champions Archery Mixed Team}}

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Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:American male archers

Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in archery

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in archery

Category:Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Category:Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Archers at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in archery

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in archery

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Category:Archers at the 2007 Pan American Games

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Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:World Archery Championships medalists

Category:World Games medalists in archery

Category:World Games silver medalists for the United States

Category:Medalists at the 2013 World Games

Category:Medalists at the 2017 World Games

Category:Medalists at the 2022 World Games

Category:Sportspeople from Glendale, Arizona

Category:21st-century American sportsmen