Lucas Daniel
{{Short description|French archer (born 1995)}}
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| fullname = Lucas Daniel
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| country = {{FRA}}
| sport = Archery
| event = Recurve
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|1|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Riom, France
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| height = 1.80 m
| weight = 80 kg
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| updated = 22 February 2017
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Lucas Daniel (born 1 January 1995) is a French competitive archer.{{cite news|title=Lucas Daniel |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/lucas-daniel |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=18 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115335/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/lucas-daniel |archivedate=26 August 2016 }} He attained a fourth-place finish in the men's team recurve at the 2015 European Games, and eventually competed as a member of the French archery squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|title=JO de Rio. Ces athlètes de Bretagne qui représentent la France aux Jeux Olympiques|trans-title=Rio Olympics: Athletes from Bretagne will represent France at the Olympics|language=fr|url=http://www.leploermelais.fr/2016/08/02/jo-de-rio-qui-sont-les-athletes-qui-representent-la-bretagne-aux-jeux-olympiques/|publisher=Le Ploërmelais|date=4 August 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109193232/http://www.leploermelais.fr/2016/08/02/jo-de-rio-qui-sont-les-athletes-qui-representent-la-bretagne-aux-jeux-olympiques/|archive-date=9 November 2016|url-status=dead}}
Daniel was selected to compete for the French squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, shooting in both individual and team recurve tournaments.{{cite news|title=JO 2016: les archers français seront à Rio|trans-title=2016 Olympics: French archers are going to Rio|language=fr|url=http://www.rfi.fr/sports/20160616-jo-2016-archers-francais-seront-rio|publisher=Radio France Internationale|date=16 June 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017}} First, Daniel amassed 666 points out of a maximum 720 to obtain a twenty-first seed heading to the knockout stage, along with his team's score of 2,003 collected from the classification round.{{cite news|title=JO-2016/Tir à l'arc: record du monde pour le Sud-Coréen Kim Woojin|trans-title=2016 Olympics: South Korea's Kim Woo-jin breaks the world archery record|language=fr|url=http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/30501/article/2016-08-05/jo-2016tir-l-arc-record-du-monde-pour-le-sud-coreen-kim-woojin|publisher=La Voix du Nord|date=5 August 2016|accessdate=22 February 2017}} Sitting at fifth in the men's team recurve, Daniel and his compatriots Pierre Plihon and Jean-Charles Valladont confidently beat the Malaysians in the opening round with a 2–6, before they faced a quarterfinal match against Australia, which led to the trio's untimely demise from the competition through a tough 3–5 defeat.{{cite news|title=Archery: Men's Team Quarterfinal |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-team-quarterfinal-ar-2 |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=18 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101629/https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-team-quarterfinal-ar-2 |archivedate=26 August 2016 }}{{cite news|first=Luke|last=Pentony|title=Rio 2016: Australia wins first Olympic medal of Games with bronze in men's archery|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-07/australia-open-rio-medal-account-with-archery-bronze/7698018|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|date=7 August 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017}} In the men's individual recurve, Daniel succumbed to the reigning European Games champion Miguel Alvariño of Spain, who scored straight-set victories in the opening round.{{cite news|title=Archery: Men's Individual Round of 32 |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-32-eliminations-ar-25 |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=18 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101909/https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-32-eliminations-ar-25 |archivedate=26 August 2016 }}{{cite news|title=Lucas Daniel s'arrête en 32e de finale|trans-title=Lucas Daniel eliminated in the round of 64|language=fr|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tir-a-l-arc/Actualites/Lucas-daniel-s-arrete-en-32e-de-finale/714811|publisher=L'Equipe|date=9 August 2016|accessdate=22 February 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{World Archery}}
- {{CNOSF profile|4/daniel-132674|Lucas Daniel}}
- {{Olympics.com|lucas-daniel}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile|da/lucas-daniel-1}}
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Category:Archers at the 2015 European Games
Category:European Games competitors for France
Category:Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic archers for France
Category:Sportspeople from Puy-de-Dôme
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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