Miguel Alvariño Garcia (born 31 May 1994 in

As Pontes de García Rodríguez As Pontes de García Rodríguez is a municipality in the northwest of the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Eume. It is the largest municipality in the province and it has a popula ...

, Galicia) is an athlete from

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, who competes in recurve

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

. He found prominence as the winner of the men's individual

competition at the inaugural European Games. At the same event, he was part of the Spanish team that won a silver medal in the team competition. He won the gold medal in the men's individual recurve event at the

2022 European Archery Championships The 2022 European Archery Championships were held from 6 to 12 June in Munich, Germany. Championships also served as qualification event for Archery at the 2023 European Games, 2023 European Games. Medal table Medal summary Recurve Compou ...

held in Munich, Germany. He also won the silver medal in the men's team recurve event.

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* * * 1994 births Living people Spanish male archers Archers at the 2015 European Games Archers at the 2019 European Games Archers at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in archery European Games gold medalists for Spain European Games silver medalists for Spain Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Spain Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in archery Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from As Pontes de García Rodríguez 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-archery-bio-stub