Toja Ellison (née Černe, born 4 July 1993)[1] is a Slovenian compound archer. At the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus, she won the gold medal in the women's individual compound event.[2][3]
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| Birth name | Toja Černe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 July 1993 Ljubljana, Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Brady Ellison | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Compound | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2017, she won the silver medal in the women's individual compound event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[4]
In 2019, alongside Staš Modic, she won a silver medal in the mixed team event at the Archery World Cup in Berlin. In 2020, she finished in 14th place in the women's compound event at The Vegas Shoot held in Las Vegas, United States.[5] She also competed in the inaugural Lockdown Knockout tournament organised by World Archery without winning a medal.[6]
In 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's individual compound event at the World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.[7] She also competed in the mixed team event.
She lost her bronze medal match in the women's individual compound event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.[8][9]
Personal life
editEllison was born and raised in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[10] In April 2016, she married recurve archer Brady Ellison.[10]
References
edit- ^ "2019 World Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (26 June 2019). "Belarus K2 500m canoe sprint pair beat Hungary's world champions to gold at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Stanley, John (26 June 2019). "Ellison outshoots world champion to inaugural compound women's title at European Games". World Archery. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "2020 Vegas Shoot Payouts" (PDF). National Field Archery Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (18 May 2020). "López triumphs in inaugural World Archery Lockdown Knockout". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Sara Lopez wins elusive world champion title in Yankton". World Archery. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Houston, Michael (9 July 2022). "Gibson and Becerra claim compound archery titles at World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Toja Ellison: My plan is to become a better person". World Archery. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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