Simon Terry

Simon Paul Terry (born March 27, 1974) is a British Archer.

1992 Summer Olympics

Hastings-born Terry participated at 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In both the Individual and Team Events he won a Bronze medal for Great Britain. In the Individual games he was beaten by Sébastien Flute of France and Chung Jae-Hun of South Korea. In the Team Event Great Britain was beaten by Spain and Finland. Terry then retired from international competition.

Comeback

After 13 years of retirement from archery Terry begun shooting again achieved high placings in major international events including the Team Gold at the World Cup 2007 stage 2 in Varese and an Individual 4^th place at the World Outdoor Championships in Leipzig, Germany being beaten by his fellow team mate Alan Wills in a thrilling tie break where he scored a 9 and Wills took the bronze with a 10. Another one of his successes was at the 4^th stage of the 2007 World Cup in Dover, England when he was victorious against the young Mexican archer Juan René Serrano. Serrano scoring an 8 in the tie and Terry scoring a 9.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Terry finished his ranking round with a total of 670 points, nine points behind leader Juan René Serrano. This gave him the seventh seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Matti Hatava in the first round. Hatava was only the 58th seed, but managed to beat Terry with 105-104. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/224902.shtml Athlete biography: Simon Terry] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008]

Together with Wills and Laurence Godfrey he also took part in the team event. With his 670 score from the ranking round combined with the 661 of Wills and the 657 of Godfrey 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.

Equipment

Simon Terry Shoots the following:

Hoyt Helix 2008
Shibuya Dual Click Carbon Sight
Easton X10 Arrows
Beiter Plunger Button
BCY String
Spigarelli Arrow Rest
Doinker Stablizer System

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