Peter Elzinga (archer)

Peter Elzinga (born 30 January 1981, Almere, Netherlands), is a Dutch former athlete who competed in compound archery. His achievements include becoming the world number one ranked archer in 2004, which position he held for 384 days, and breaking the world record 1440 round with 1419 points in 2009.[5]

Peter Elzinga
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing  Netherlands
World Championships
2011 TorinoMixed Team
2019 's-HertogenboschTeam
World Indoor Championships
2018 Yankton Team
World Cup Final
2006 MeridaIndividual
European Archery Championships
2004 BrusselsIndividual
2014 EchmiadzinIndividual
2008 VittelMen's Team
2012 AmsterdamMixed Team
2014 EchmiadzinMen's Team
2016 NottinghamIndividual
2010 RovaretoMen's Team
2010 RovaretoIndividual
2012 AmsterdamMen's Team
European Indoor Championships
2004 Sassari Individual[1]
2008 Torino Men's Team[2]
2013 Rzeszów Men's Team[3]
2015 Koper Men's Team[4]
2008 Torino Individual
2013 Rzeszów Individual
2004 Sassari Men's Team

Individually, Elzinga won silver in the 2006 World Cup final and one gold in a World Cup stage. With the Dutch team, he won three World Cup stages. At the World Archery Championships he won silver in 2011 with Inge van Caspel in the mixed team, and bronze in 2019 with Mike Schloesser and Sil Pater in the men's team.[6] Elzinga won nine European titles and at least sixteen medals in total at European championships in- and outdoors.

In 2020 he retired as an international athlete and became one of the Dutch national coaches. He replaced former teammate Emiel Custers who took a position at NOC*NSF.[7]

References
  1. "Campionati Europei Indoor". Federazione Italiana Tiro con L'Arco (Fitarco) (in Italian). March 21, 2024.
  2. "XI European and Mediterranean Indoor Archery Championship" (pdf). World Archery. March 8, 2008.
  3. "European Archery Indoor Championships Rzeszow Poland" (PDF). World Archery Europe. March 2, 2013. Archived from the original (pdf) on May 12, 2022 – via ianseo.net.
  4. "European Indoor Championships, Koper, Slovenia". World Archery. February 28, 2015.
  5. Chris Wells (August 30, 2020). "Mike Schloesser breaks 1440 Round world record with 1421 points". World Archery.
  6. "Athlete profile" (pdf). World Archery. May 6, 2024. Note: this profile is incomplete.
  7. "Handboogschutter Elzinga wordt bondscoach". Omroep Almere (in Dutch). October 15, 2020.


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