Sarah Prieels Explained

Sarah Prieels
Birth Date:1990 2, df=yes
Country:Belgium
Sport:Archery
Event:Compound
Pb:597(WR)

Sarah Prieels (born 27 February 1990) is a Belgian archer competing the women's compound events. She won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2021 European Archery Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.[1] [2]

In June 2019, Prieels competed in the women's individual compound event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In December 2019, she set a new world record for the women's 60-arrow 18-metre indoor ranking round with a total of 597 out of 600 points at the TRUBall/Axcel Roma Archery Trophy held in Rome, Italy.[3]

Prieels competed at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia.[4] [5] She represented Belgium at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[6] She also competed at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.

Family

She is the great-great-granddaughter of archer Hubert Van Innis, multiple Olympic champion.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Pavitt. Michael. 5 June 2021. Gellenthien earns compound title at European Archery Championships in Antalya. InsideTheGames.biz. 26 September 2021.
  2. Web site: 2021 European Archery Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202524/https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2021/8630/BOOK.pdf. 24 June 2021. 23 July 2021. World Archery Europe.
  3. News: Wells . Chris . 14 December 2019 . Compound women's record falls again as Sarah Prieels shoots 597/600 in Rome . World Archery . 7 March 2022.
  4. News: Burke. Patrick. 16 February 2022. Olympic champion Gazoz among casualties at European Archery Indoor Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 6 March 2022.
  5. Web site: 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships . https://web.archive.org/web/20220303170926/https://www.archeryeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BOOK_EICLasko2022.pdf . 3 March 2022 . 3 March 2022 . World Archery Europe.
  6. Web site: Archery Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715232555/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Archery.pdf . 15 July 2022 . 15 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  7. Web site: Athlète de la semaine: Hubert VAN INNIS (BEL) .

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