Sarah Prieels

Sarah Prieels
Personal information
Born (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportArchery
EventCompound
Achievements and titles
Personal best597(WR)
Medal record
Women's compound archery
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
2021 Antalya Mixed team
2016 Nottingham Individual
2010 Rovereto Team
World Indoor Archery Championships
2016 Ankara Individual
European Indoor Championships
2015 Koper Individual
2017 Vittel Individual
World University Archery Championship
2016 Ulaanbaatar Individual
Summer Universiade
2015 Gwangju Mixed team
Archery World Cup
2014 Antalya Mixed team
2019 Shanghai Mixed team
2013 Medellín Mixed team
2017 Shanghai Individual
2023 Medellín Individual

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]

References

  1. ^ Pavitt, Michael (5 June 2021). "Gellenthien earns compound title at European Archery Championships in Antalya". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 European Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ^ Wells, Chris (14 December 2019). "Compound women's record falls again as Sarah Prieels shoots 597/600 in Rome". World Archery. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. ^ Burke, Patrick (16 February 2022). "Olympic champion Gazoz among casualties at European Archery Indoor Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 European Indoor Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Athlète de la semaine: Hubert VAN INNIS (BEL)".