Oleksii Ihorovych Hunbin ( uk, Олексій Ігорович Гунбін; born 8 November 1992 in

Sumy Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River in northeastern Ukraine with a population of according to the 2021 census, making it the 2 ...

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) is a

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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 mo ...

. He represented Ukraine at the

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in men's individual and mixed team competition. He won silver medal at the 2021 European Championships in team event.

Career

Hunbin started archery in 2010 and is now sports master of international class. He is righthanded. Hunbin participated at the

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, where he reached quarterfinals in individual competition and round of 16 in both men's and mixed team competitions. That year he also participated at the

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where he was just 57th in individual competition. Two years later he achieved the same result at the 2019 Worlds. The first international success for Hunbin came in 2018 when he together with

Heorhiy Ivanytskyy Heorhiy Ivanytskyy ( uk, Георгій Іваницький; born 6 May 1992 in Lviv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian archer. He is champion and bronze medalist of the 2015 European Games. He won silver medal at the 2021 European Championships in te ...

and Olympic champion

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was third in men's team competition at the World Indoor Championships in Yankton. The Netherlands became then champions, and Australia was second. In individual competition, he was 7th. After that he also was 8th at the

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, where he lost to Netherlands'

Steve Wijler Steve Wijler (born 19 September 1996) is a Dutch archer competing in men's recurve events. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event at the 2017 World Archery Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico. In 2021, Wijler and Ga ...

in quarterfinals, who later became European champion. During the

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, Hunbin together with

and Sergii Makarevych won silver medals in team competition in

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where the 4th stage of the World Cup was held. They lost to Turkey in the final. This was the only medal for Ukraine in that season. The 2021 European Archery Championships, which was held in

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, brought Hunbin his first continental medal. Together with

and Ivan Kozhokar, he won silver medal in team competition. Ukraine lost to the Netherlands in the final. In individual competition he was 33rd. At the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, held in

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, Hunbin reached semifinal and ranked 4th, thus securing an Olympic spot for Ukraine. Since he defeated his team fellow

in the quarterfinal, he was chosen by the national team management to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At that tournament Ukraine men's team also ranked 4th, but it wasn't enough to qualify a team for Tokyo.Archery: Oleksii Hunbin from Sumy defeated Heorhiy Ivanytskyy from Lviv
(in Ukrainian) Hunbin finished 28th in the

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at the

. In the first round he lost 4-6 to two-time World Championships medalist in team events

Tarundeep Rai Tarundeep Rai (born 22 February 1984, in Namchi, Sikkim, India) is an Indian archer. He is conferred with the Padma Shri, in 2021, by the Government of India, for his contribution in Sports. Earlier, in 2018, he was awarded the Khel Ratan Aw ...

from India. He was nominated together with Veronika Marchenko for mixed team event, but they did not qualify for the play-off stage after ranking 18th in qualification, 6 points behind last qualified team.

Personal life

Hunbin is married. He graduated from

Sumy State University Sumy State University (SumDU) is a higher educational institution in Sumy, Ukraine. It enrolls about 12,000 students pursuing pre-undergraduate, undergraduate, specialist, and master degrees in 55 majors and 23 fields. About 1,900 foreign stude ...

. His hobbies include intellectual games, computer games, watching movies.

References

External links

Oleksii Hunbin's profile at World Archery

Oleksii Hunbin in Instagram
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunbin, Oleksii 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Sumy Ukrainian male archers Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Ukraine Sumy State University alumni European Games competitors for Ukraine Archers at the 2023 European Games Dynamo (Ukraine) sportspeople