Gavin Sutherland (archer)

{{Short description|Zimbabwean archer (born 1979)}}

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| name = Gavin Sutherland

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| fullname = Gavin Ben Sutherland

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| country = {{ZIM}}

| sport = Archery

| event = Recurve

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| club = Worthing Archery Club (GBR)

| coach = Gary Kinghorn

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|6|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| updated = 24 February 2017

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Gavin Ben Sutherland (born 26 June 1979) is a Zimbabwean competitive archer.{{cite news|title=Gavin Sutherland|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/gavin-ben-sutherland|publisher=Rio 2016|accessdate=23 February 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115136/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/gavin-ben-sutherland|archivedate=26 August 2016|df=dmy}} He became the first archer to represent Zimbabwe in an Olympic tournament since the late Wrex Tarr's appearance in Seoul twenty-eight years earlier, finishing as the fifth recurve male at the 2016 African Championships in Windhoek, Namibia to secure the country's Olympic berth for Rio 2016.{{cite news|title=Zim archer relishes Olympic debut in Rio|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2016/02/20/zim-archer-relishes-olympic-debut-rio/|publisher=NewsDay|location=Zimbabwe|date=20 February 2016|accessdate=24 February 2017}} Currently residing in the United Kingdom, Sutherland trains at an upscale archery range in downtown Worthing, under the tutelage of his coach Gary Kinghorn.{{cite news|title=Gavin At The Olympics|url=http://www.worthingarcheryclub.co.uk/our-club/club-news/130-gavin-at-the-olympics|publisher=Worthing Archery Club|date=1 August 2016|accessdate=24 February 2017}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Sutherland was selected by the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee to compete in the men's individual recurve at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Heading to the knockout stage as the lowest-ranked archer of the 64-man field with 566 points, Sutherland lost his opening round match to the current world holder Kim Woo-jin of South Korea, who comfortably dispatched him from the tournament with an easy 6–0 score.{{cite news|title=Archery: Men's Individual Round of 64|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-32-eliminations|publisher=Rio 2016|accessdate=23 February 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101909/https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-32-eliminations-ar-16|archivedate=26 August 2016|df=dmy}}{{cite news|last=Yoo|first=Jee-ho|title=Top-ranked archer suffers stunning defeat in individual event|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/rio2016/2016/08/09/39/6501000000AEN20160809000351315F.html|publisher=Yonhap|date=9 August 2016|accessdate=24 February 2017}}