| Larry Godfrey | |
| Fullname: | Laurence Paul Godfrey |
| Nickname: | Larry |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Date: | 9 June 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom |
| Sport: | Archery |
| Club: | Cleve Archers |
| Olympics: | 2004 Athens – 4th (Ind) |
Laurence Paul Godfrey (born 9 June 1976, in Bristol) is a British archer.
He studied for an HND in Mechanical Manufacturing at the University of the West of England from 1997 to 2000.[1]
Godfrey was the only British male to qualify for the men's tournament at Athens 2004. He competed for the United Kingdom (as Great Britain) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Godfrey faced Chen Szu-yuan of Chinese Taipei, defeating Chen 110–108 in the 12-arrow match and advancing to the semifinals. There, he faced Marco Galiazzo of Italy, losing to the eventual gold medalist 110–108. Godfrey then competed against Tim Cuddihy of Australia in the bronze medal match, losing 113–112 to take 4th place overall.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Godfrey finished his ranking round with a total of 657 points. This gave him the 34th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Bair Badënov in the first round. Badënov won the match with 114–109 and went on to win the bronze medal.[2]
Together with Simon Terry and Alan Wills he also took part in the team event. With his 657 score from the ranking round combined with the 670 of Terry and the 661 of Wills the British were in fifth position after the ranking round. In the first elimination round they faced the Chinese team and got eliminated with 214–210. The Chinese went on to win the bronze medal.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Godfrey finished 4th in the ranking round with a total of 680 points. He defeated Emdadul Haque Milon from Bangladesh in the 1/32 elimination round, winning 6-0 (scoring 84 out of a possible 90 points). He then went on to defeat Mexico's Juan Serrano, winning the first set, tying the second set, and then winning the final 2 sets, giving him a victory of 7–1.[3] The 1/8 elimination round against Malaysian Khairul Anuar Mohamad was tied at 5–5 at the end of the 5th and final set. Mohamad won the one arrow shoot off and progressed to the quarterfinals, only to be defeated by Takaharu Furukawa from Japan who went on to win the silver medal.
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| Olympic Games | 4th | 1R | 3R | 0/3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 1R | 0/5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stage 1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | QF | 3R | 0/7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stage 2 | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 0/7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stage 3 | QF | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2nd | 3R | 0/7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stage 4 | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 0/7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup Final | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | QF | DNQ | DNQ | 0/1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| style=text-align:left | End of year world ranking | 285 | 313 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 60 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||