Reo Wilde (born October 6, 1973, in

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) is an American athlete, who competes in

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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 took up archery in 1992 and first represented the

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senior team in 1995, and has since won many

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and

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titles. As at October 2013 he is the number two ranked compound archer in the world.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilde, Reo 1973 births Living people American male archers World Archery Championships medalists World Games gold medalists for the United States World Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2013 World Games 20th-century American sportsmen