The World’s Top Archers

The athletes defining the sport, by category. Achievements verified against World Archery and Olympic records (rankings fluctuate constantly).

Olympic Recurve — Men

The marksmen of the 70-metre line, where Korea's dynasty meets a global field.

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Kim Woo-jin

South Korea · Olympic Recurve

5× Olympic gold medallist (team golds Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024; individual gold Paris 2024)

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Brady Ellison

United States · Olympic Recurve & Field

5× Olympian and multiple Olympic medallist (London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024)

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Marcus D'Almeida

Brazil · Olympic Recurve

First Brazilian archer to reach world No. 1 (February 2023)

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Andrés Temiño Mediel

Spain · Olympic Recurve

2025 World Champion, men's individual recurve (Gwangju) — Spain's first

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Mete Gazoz

Türkiye · Olympic Recurve

Olympic individual gold, Tokyo 2020

Olympic Recurve — Women

Record-setting precision from the sport's most decorated national programs.

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Lim Si-hyeon

South Korea · Olympic Recurve

Triple Olympic gold, Paris 2024 (individual, team, mixed team)

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An San

South Korea · Olympic Recurve

Triple Olympic gold, Tokyo 2020 (individual, team, mixed team)

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Casey Kaufhold

United States · Olympic Recurve

First U.S. woman to hold world No. 1 in women's recurve (2023)

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Nam Su-hyeon

South Korea · Olympic Recurve

Olympic individual silver and team gold, Paris 2024

Compound — Men

Cams, let-off and near-perfect scores — and an Olympic debut on the horizon.

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Mike Schloesser

Netherlands · Compound

Multiple-time compound World Champion and World Cup Final champion

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Mathias Fullerton

Denmark · Compound

Compound men's world No. 1 (22 September 2025)

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Nicolas Girard

France · Compound

2025 World Champion, men's individual compound (Gwangju)

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Emircan Haney

Türkiye · Compound

World Archery's Best Archer of 2025 (Archer of the Year)

Compound — Women

The 150-shooters rewriting the compound record books.

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Andrea Becerra

Mexico · Compound

2025 World Champion, women's individual compound (Gwangju) — Mexico's first

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Sara López

Colombia · Compound

Record 9× Archery World Cup Final champion

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Ella Gibson

Great Britain · Compound

2022 World Games champion

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Paige Pearce

United States · Compound (target & field)

2024 World Field Champion (women's compound)

Creators & Educators

The YouTubers, coaches and media figures teaching the internet to shoot.

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David "NUSensei" Nguyen

Australian · YouTube education — Olympic recurve, beginner-focused

Built NUSensei into one of YouTube's most-subscribed archery education channels: ~207,000 subscribers, 39M+ total views and 950+ videos as of mid-2026

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Jake Kaminski

American · YouTube education — Olympic recurve

Olympic silver medal, men's team recurve, London 2012 (with Brady Ellison and Jacob Wukie)

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John Dudley

American · Bowhunting media & archery education — pro compound background (YouTube, podcast, School of Nock)

Nock On Archery YouTube channel: ~250K subscribers, ~44M total views, and 1,100+ videos as of mid-2026 (SocialCounts tracker, June 2026)

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Cameron Hanes

American · Bowhunting media — endurance training and lifestyle

Author of Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering (St. Martin's/Macmillan), billed as a New York Times and national bestseller, with foreword by Joe Rogan

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Levi Morgan

American · Pro 3D archery (ASA/IBO compound) and bowhunting media — Bow Life TV

13 career ASA Shooter of the Year titles as of 2020 — including a record 12 consecutive (2007-2018); the streak ended in August 2019, and he reclaimed the title at the 2020 ASA Classic

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Lars Andersen

Danish · Viral archery media — speed and trick shooting, historical techniques

Guinness World Record: most consecutive arrows shot through a keyhole — 7 arrows through a hole no wider than 10 mm, from roughly 3 m, with a traditional recurve (no sights or stabilizers), set in Lyngby, Denmark on 1 June 2022

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Armin Hirmer

Not publicly stated (German-speaking; long resident in Malta, now teaching across German-speaking Europe) · YouTube education — traditional & Asiatic archery (bow reviews, thumb-draw technique, speed shooting)

Grew his YouTube channel (started December 2007) to roughly 108,000-109,000 subscribers, ~23 million views and over 1,400 videos as of mid-2026, per Playboard and Feedspot analytics

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Byron Ferguson

American · Traditional longbow — exhibition and trick shooting

Shot eight dimes in a row out of the air — his signature coin trick, verified across multiple memorial accounts

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Fred Eichler

American · Bowhunting media — traditional recurve; TV host and outfitter

First bowhunter to complete the North American Super Slam — all 29 big game species recognized by Pope and Young — with a recurve bow, finishing with a cow tule elk in mid-August 2009 (verified on fredeichler.com, Sportsman Channel, Bear Archery, and Fulldraw Outfitters pages)

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