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Larry Godfrey
International Tournaments and Results
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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'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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These 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
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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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The
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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2004
- 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
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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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Notes:
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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Training:
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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Best
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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