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| Larry Godfrey
International Tournaments and Results | |
| Larry's
quest for 2008 Beijing Olympics | | | Archer
Larry Godfrey is confident he can bring back two gold medals from the Beijing
Olympics. The 32-year-old told BBC Points West that he has never been more
ready for a shoot than he is for China. "I definitely feel inside
that this is the best I have been prepared for any tournament, so that's got to
be good news," the Bristol-based star said. "I'm going to give
it 100% and see what happens. There's no reason why I can't win two golds."
He added: "I'm going there with no expectations, just to do my thing
and let the training take over." Godfrey is part of a six-man British
squad travelling to China and will compete in both individual and team events.
Godfrey is joined by Simon Terry and Alan Wills on the men's GB team.
Godfrey was the only British male to qualify for Athens in 2004
Britain will
take the maximum six archers to Beijing With just a few days to go before
he flies east, the Gloucestershire bowman says his hectic schedule means training
has not been hit by the disappointing English summer. "We've had such
a busy year that we haven't really been here. When we come back it's just ramping
it up for the next trip. I've been really lucky," he said. Godfrey
announced his arrival at the top level of international archery when he finished
fourth at the Athens Olympics three years ago. |  |
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Since then, he has been one of the world's leading performers, but more recently
has remodelled his style and his scores have suffered as a result.
Although
Larry has been training earnestly all through the winter, the Easter weekend saw
his chance to put this to the test. At RAF Cosford, Great Britain's elite archers
met to compete in the first of the Olympic 2008 shoot-offs and for a place in
the European Championships.
Competitors shot two FITA 720 rounds followed
by round robin individual matches against each other. Despite poor lighting conditions
Larry managed to achieve second place out of eight, being beaten by only 0.9 of
a point by Michael Peart. Larry was happy with this and secured his place to represent
Great Britain at the European Championships in Vittel, France in May together
with Michael and Alan Wills. He can't rest on his laurels however, as there
are still two further Olympic shoot-offs in early June before the final team of
three recurve men are chosen to go to the games in August. His goal is to be in
that team and win the gold medal so the hard work continues with the first World
Cup event in the Dominion Republic at the beginning of April.
The
main programme of events that Larry is participating in leading up to the games
are shown below and he hopes to update his progress as the year unfolds through
this web site. | 
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Larry
Godfrey Olympic Program |
Larry's 2008 events - 22nd to 23rd March - First Olympic
shoot-off, RAF Cosford - 2nd position. 1st to 5th April
- World Cup stage 1, Santo Domingo, Dominion Republic. 15th
to 19th April - World Cup stage 2/European Grand Prix (1st leg), Porec Croatia. 12th
to 19th May - European Championships, Vittel, France. First
week of June - Second Olympic shoot-off, Lilleshall. Third
week of June - Third Olympic shoot off, Lilleshall 23rd
to 28th June - World Cup stage 4/European Grand Prix (3rd leg), Boe, France. 8th
to 16th August - XXIX Olympiad, Beijing, China.
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were the words Larry Godfrey used after the qualification FITA round at the 44th
World Archery Championships held, last week in Leipzig, Germany. He came 6th out
of a total of 173 of the world's best men Recurve archers shooting a score of
1341. This score bettered the score he shot at the 43rd championships in Madrid
in 2005 by 7 points and which set a new British record in 2005. At this World
Championships he set a new British record of 692 for the two shortest distances
of the round. Weather conditions were not ideal and it was a cold and rainy day.
However Larry started well and was only second to the Korean, Lee, at
the 90 metre distance. He maintained his position in the top ten through out the
qualification round. This score, together with the rest of the GBR team, Terry
and Wills, put them second team in the qualification round on Tuesday. |
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main goal for the British archers at this World Championships was to secure Britain's
Olympic places at the Games next year in Beijing. This was achieved on Thursday
during the team elimination competition. The top eight teams secured three Olympic
places each, with fifty-nine teams completing for this prize. Both men and women
GBR teams achieved this goal. The remainder
of the week was devoted to the Team and Individual head-to-head knock-out events.
GBR did very well with the Recurve Men achieving silver medals, the Recurve Women
achieving bronze and Alan Wills achieving individual bronze in his match against
fellow British archer Simon Terry. | |
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next event for Larry is the fourth leg of the Archery World Cup in August, which
is being held in Dover. He is concentrating on the 70 metre head-to-head eliminations
and is determined to do well. Then, it's straight on to Lord's cricket ground
in London to advertise the 2012 Olympics in a competition with the archers from
China and India. Now that the Beijing Olympic places have been secured Larry is
looking forward to the next 12 months and knows that the training schedule will
be punishing. However, he is philosophical - in this life you get out what you
put in - and so he is hoping to better his Athens 2004 performance and bring home
a medal next year.
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My achievements - World Ranking
– 4th (March 2006)
- European and Mediterranean
Ranking – 6th
- European Mediterranean Archery Union Ranking
Grand Prix 2004 circuit – Joint 4th
- Current British Record
Holde
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2007 - Shooting for Great Britain
at the Olympic Test Event - China, August.
- Shot for
Great Britain at the FITA World Cup - stage 4, Dover - Qualified 18th, Eliminations
13th. Member of GBR Team, 3rd Bronze medal.
- Shot for
Great Britain at the 44th World Championships, Leipzig - Qualified 6th, Eliminations
59th. Member of GBR Team, 2nd Silver medal. (Highest FITA score to date - 1341,
new National Record, Short Metric - 692).
- Shot for Great
Britain at the FITA World Cup - stage 3, Turkey - Qualified 42nd, Eliminations
30th. Member of GBR Team, 13th.
- Shot for Great Britain
at the FITA World Cup - stage 2, Italy - Qualified 34th, Eliminations 29th. Member
of GBR Team, 1st Gold medal.
- Shot for Great Britain
at the FITA World Cup - stage 1, Korea - Qualified 17th, Eliminations 43rd. Member
of GBR Team, 8th.
- Shot at NFAA World Archery Festival,
Las Vegas USA - 1st Classic Limited Flights Division.
- Shot
at the Great Britain Indoor shoot-offs - Qualified 1st .
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2006 - Shot for Great Britain
at the FITA World Cup - stage 4, Shanghai - Qualified 14th, Eliminations 27th.
- Shot for Great Britain at the European Championships
in Athens, Qualified 22nd, Eliminations 18th.
- Shot for
Great Britain at the European Grand Prix, Sassari Italy, Qualified 5th, Eliminations
20th.
- Shot for Great Britain at the FITA World Cup -
stage 3, El Salvador, Qualified 6th, Eliminations 8th. Member of GBR Team, 3rd
Bronze medal.
- Shot for Great Britain at the FITA World
Cup - stage 2, Turkey, Qualified 11th, Eliminations 11th. Member of GBR Team,
2nd Silver medal.
- Shot for Great Britain at the FITA
World Cup - stage 1, Croatia, Qualified 21st, Eliminations 35th.
- Shot
in the Great Britain Indoor Championships - Qualified 3rd, Eliminations 1st
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2005 - Shooting for Great
Britain at the World Championships - Madrid June.
- Shot for
Great Britain at the Grand Prix - Sopot Poland,-Qualified 1st, Elimination 1st
- Shot for Great Britain at the Grand Prix - Korea, May 2005,-Qualified
8th, Elimination 6th.
- Shot for Great Britain at the Grand
Prix - Turkey, May 2005,-Qualified 2nd, Elimination 6th.
- Shot
for Great Britain at the 43rd World Championships in Madrid, Qualified 8th, Eliminations
42nd. (Shot a new British Record for FITA round of 1334)
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- Shot for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Athens, August
2004
4th Mens Individual - Shot for Great Britain at the
European Grand Prix Turkey, July 2004
18th Mens Individual - Shot
for Great Britain at the European Grand Prix Germany, June 2004
4th Mens
Individual - Shot for Great Britain at the European Championships
in Belgium, May 2004
22nd Mens Individual
2nd and Silver Medalists – Mens
Team - Shot for Great Britain at the Continental Qualifying
Tournament in Belgium, May 2004 (3 Olympic places to be won)
1st Gold Medal
and winner of an Olympic place for Athens 2004 – Mens Individual - Shot
for Great Britain at the European Grand Prix Italy, April/May 2004
17th Mens
Individual |
|  | Details
Date of Birth: 09 June 1976 Height: 178
Weight: 82
Profession: Leading Repair Design Aeroengineer
Home Town: Bristol
Country
of Birth: Great Britain |
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Job: Leading Repair & Design
Engineer “My job entails producing very detailed design / repair procedures
to fix and maintain aero space engines (Military). This gives me the need for
accuracy, quality, dedication and commitment I also have to understand and cope
with process planning, mental control – all mentioned to very high levels/
depths to always complete the process with perfection. I strive for perfection
with everything I do.”
Background: “My father introduced me
at the age of 10. It was initially a family hobby, until I started to win County.
Regional and nationally as a junior.” |
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Cleve Archers Bristol
Coaches Name: Dong Eun Suk - GB Head Coach How
long have you been Shooting: 18 years Highest
score, date: 1316 – 2002
Current Average score: 1302 |
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performance to Date:
CQT Brussels, I achieved
my Olympic place by winning the complete tournament. Junior
Team
Three events on the juniors, best placing 13th at Junior World in 1992
Senior team
Finland 2002 – 7th
Turkey EGP 2003- 26th
New York
World Championships 2003 -80th
Italy EGP 2004 – 13th
Brussels European
Champs 2004 -22nd
CQT 2004 – 1st
Olympic Games 2004 - 4th
Turkey Grand Prix April 2005 - 6th
Korea Grand Prix April 2005 - 6th
Poland
Grand Prix May 2005 - 1st |
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