Winners of the Americas 2023 Awards

Jan 23, 2024

World Archery Americas has announced the winners of the Americas 2023 Best Archer of the Year Award.

One of the names that resonates in these awards is the current number one in the recurve men’s category, Brazil’s Marcus D’Almeida.

D’Almeida was crowned World Cup champion last year in Hermosillo and also won gold and bronze in the second and fourth stages of the World Cup circuit.

The Brazilian also reached the finals of the World Championship in Berlin where he won the bronze medal. 

Mexico’s Alejandra Valencia was named the best archer of the year in the recurve women’s category.

Valencia achieved a historic victory by winning her third individual title in the Pan American Games and her second consecutive victory in the Central American and Caribbean Games.

The Mexican was runner-up in both the World Cup final and the World Championship in Berlin.

Another Mexican who took the award was Dafne Quintero in the compound women’s category.

Quintero was crowned champion of the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023 and the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador.

The 21-year-old archer also earned her first podium finish – the bronze medal- at the World Cup final.

One more Pan American champion to win the archer of the year award was Puerto Rico’s Jean Pizarro. 

Pizarro took gold at both the Pan American Games and the Central American Games last year in the compound men’s category, which was historic for his country.

To these great achievements he also added a bronze medal in the fourth stage of the World Cup in Paris.

 

 

Awards by category

Seniors

  • Recurve men – Marcus D’Almeida (Brazil)
  • Recurve women – Alejandra Valencia (Mexico)
  • Compound men – Jean Pizarro (Puerto Rico)
  • Compound women – Dafne Quintero (Mexico)
  • Barebow men – Marcus Cooley (United States)
  • Barebow women – Fawn Girard (United States)

Para-archery

  • Recurve men open– Kevin Mather (United States)
  • Recurve women open – Daniela Campos (Peru)
  • Compound men open – Kevin Polish (United States)
  • Compound women open – Jane Karla Gogel – (Brazil)

Youth

  • Recurve under 21 men – Matias Grande (Mexico)
  • Recurve under 21 women – Casey Kaufhold (United States)
  • Recurve under 18 men – Christian Stoddard (United States)
  • Recurve under 18 women– Angela Ruiz (Mexico)
  • Compound under 21 men – Sawyer Sullivan (United States)
  • Compound under 21 women – Sydney Sullenberger (United States)
  • Compound under 18 men – Dewey Hathaway (United States)
  • Compound under 18 women – Liko Arreola (United States)

Sport Contribution

  • Coach of the year – Miguel Angel Flores (Mexico)
  • Outstanding service award in coach education
    – Guy Krueger (United States)
  • Major contribution to sport development awards
    – USA Archery
    – Sandra Loza (Mexico)
  • Event hosting appreciation awards
    – The Trinidad and Tobago Archery Federation
    – Federación Argentina de Tiro con Arco