Mete Gazoz

Mete Gazoz is the first archer to concurrently hold Olympic, World, and European individual titles, an unprecedented achievement solidified by his gold medal at the 2024 European Archery Championships in Essen. Gazoz began his professional archery career in 2010, making his international debut representing Turkey in 2013. Early in his career, he secured a silver medal in the Recurve Junior Men Team event at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships in Wuxi, China. He consistently engaged in high-level competitions, participating in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the 2015 World Archery Championships.

He also added a silver medal in the men’s classical men’s national team event at the same championships and received his third ‘Best Men’s Recurve Archer of the Year’ award for 2023. Most recently, in 2024, Gazoz reinforced his elite status by winning a gold medal in the men’s individual recurve at the European Archery Championships in Essen, alongside a bronze medal in the men’s team recurve event. He further contributed to Turkish archery history at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, earning a bronze medal in the men’s national team event, which was Turkey’s first team medal in Olympic archery. Looking ahead, Gazoz has also secured a silver medal in the men’s classical bow individual and another silver in the men’s classical bow national team at the 2025 European Indoor Archery Championships.