Lucas Daniel (born 1 January 1995) is a French competitive archer.[1] 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.[2]

Lucas Daniel
Personal information
Full nameLucas Daniel
Born (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29)
Riom, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportArchery
EventRecurve
Updated on 22 February 2017

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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6] 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.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lucas Daniel". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "JO de Rio. Ces athlètes de Bretagne qui représentent la France aux Jeux Olympiques" [Rio Olympics: Athletes from Bretagne will represent France at the Olympics] (in French). Le Ploërmelais. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ^ "JO 2016: les archers français seront à Rio" [2016 Olympics: French archers are going to Rio] (in French). Radio France Internationale. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ^ "JO-2016/Tir à l'arc: record du monde pour le Sud-Coréen Kim Woojin" [2016 Olympics: South Korea's Kim Woo-jin breaks the world archery record] (in French). La Voix du Nord. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Archery: Men's Team Quarterfinal". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ^ Pentony, Luke (7 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Australia wins first Olympic medal of Games with bronze in men's archery". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 32". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Lucas Daniel s'arrête en 32e de finale" [Lucas Daniel eliminated in the round of 64] (in French). L'Equipe. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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