Dave Cousins (born April 16, 1977) is an American compound archer and former number one ranked compound archer in the world.[1]
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Career
editHe held the FITA 720 world record with a score of 712 until it was broken by Canadian Dietmar Trillus. Dietmar's record stood at 713 until it was beaten by Liam Grimwood in July 2011.
He has shot the most 1400 gents fitas recorded in history by one archer. He has competed several times at International Archery Federation (FITA) world championships in the men's compound division.
He finished 2nd in 2003 at the 42nd World Outdoor Target Championship, 18th in 2005 at the 43rd World Outdoor Target Archery Championships, 9th at the 9th Indoor Archery World Championship in 2007, and 33rd at the Archery World Championships in 2009.
In 2010, he won the world field championships held in Visegrád, Hungary. He was last ranked number 1 in the world by FITA on June 20, 2005.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Dave Cousins sets new FITA World Record". hoytusa.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- ^ "Dave Cousins' FITA competition record". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
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