2016 Summer Olympics

In May 2016, Potts was selected for the Australian archery squad at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in both individual and team recurve tournaments.^[4][5] He recorded 666 points, 37 perfect tens, and 13 bull's eyes to take the twentieth seed heading to the knockout draw from the classification round, along with his team's cumulative score of 2,005.^[6]

In the team competition, he and his compatriots Ryan Tyack and London 2012 Olympian Taylor Worth, in fourth place, beat France 5–3 in the quarter finals, then in the semifinals lost in straight sets (0–6) to tournament favorites South Korea. In the bronze medal match, they held off a late reaction from China (6–2) to secure Australia's first medal at the Rio Olympics^[3] and first ever Olympic medal in a team archery event.^[7][8][9]

In the men's individual recurve, Potts was eliminated 4–6 in the opening round by local archer Bernardo Oliveira.^[10][11]

With eight other Australian athletes, he was held by Rio police on charges of falsifying accreditation to attend Olympics events and released after payment of a fine by the Australian Olympic Committee, which stated that the athletes were not at fault.^[12]

2019 Pacific Games

Potts placed 2nd in the individual men's recurve competition at the Olympics qualifying event hosted by World Archery in association with the 2019 Pacific Games.^[13]