Andrés Manuel Pila Solano (born 11 May 1991) is a Colombian competitive

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...

. A lone male archer on the Colombian team at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, Pila has collected a total of four medals throughout his five-year international archery career, including a bronze in the men's individual recurve at the

2014 South American Games The 2014 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Santiago, Chile. It was the 10th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. Santiago hosted this event for the second time, the first being in 1986. Most of the events too ...

in Santiago, Chile. Pila was selected to compete for Colombia in the men's individual recurve at the

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sitting at forty-third position from the initial stage of the competition with 654 points, Pila lost his opening round match to the hard-charging Malaysian and London 2012 quarterfinalist

Khairul Anuar Mohamad Khairul Anuar bin Mohamad (born 22 September 1991) is a Malaysian professional archer. He began to compete for the national team in 2011. 2011 FITA Archery World Cup Khairul participated in the 2011 FITA Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Shangha ...

, who managed to get past him through a comfortable 6–0 challenge.

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* * * * Colombian male archers Living people Sportspeople from Córdoba Department 1991 births Olympic archers for Colombia Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics South American Games silver medalists for Colombia South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in archery Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Archers at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in archery 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-archery-bio-stub