Gladys Willems Explained

Gladys Willems (born 4 January 1977 in Schoten, Belgium) is a Belgian compound archer. She has competed at the major World Archery Federation competitions, the World Cup, winning stage medals, and the World Archery Championships, winning a gold medal at the indoor championships. She set a world record of 149 for a 15-arrow round in 2011, a record which stood until broken by Sara López's first ever perfect round of 150 in 2013,[1] and a FITA round world record of 1411 in 2007 in Lausanne.[2] The highest world ranking she has achieved is 4, in 2007.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.worldarchery.org/WORLDCUP/WorldCupHome/News/TabId/2100/ArtMID/2648/ArticleID/9065/.aspx Fantastic new world record for Sara LOPEZ
  2. http://www.womensportreport.com/women-sport_gladys-willems-sets-new-fita-world-record_10794 Gladys Willems set new FITA world record
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062241/http://old.archery.org/results/archer_update.asp?id=1218&action=&onyuz= World Archery profile – Gladys Willems