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Ernesto Boardman

Ernesto Boardman

Mexican archer (born 1993)

Ernesto Horacio Boardman López[lower-alpha 1] (born 23 February 1993) is a Mexican competitive archer.[1] He captured the men's team recurve title, alongside his compatriots Juan René Serrano and Luis Álvarez, in a historic final match against the United States at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, and eventually competed as a lone male archer at the 2016 Summer Olympics, ending his run in an immediate departure from the initial round.[2]

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Boardman was selected to compete as a lone male archer for the Mexican team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, shooting only in the individual recurve tournament.[3] First, he fired off a score of 662 points, including 25 targets of a perfect ten, for the twenty-eight spot against a field of 63 other archers in the qualifying round.[4] Heading to the knockout stage, Boardman bowed out early in the opening round match to his Cuban opponent Adrián Puentes with a score of 4–6.[5][6]

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Boardman and the second or maternal family name is López.

References

  1. [1]
    "Ernesto Boardman". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. [2]
    "México, el monarca en tiro con arco de Toronto 2015" [Mexico dominates the team archery in Toronto 2015] (in Spanish). Mexico: El Informador. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Ernesto Boardman debutará en Olímpicos" [Ernesto Boardman makes his Olympic debut] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Boardman clasifica en puesto 28 a 64vos" [Boardman qualified in twenty-eighth position out of 64] (in Spanish). Récord. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 64". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. [6]
    "El saltillense Ernesto Boardman se despide de Río 2016 con la frente en alto" [Saltillo's Ernesto Boardman bids farewell to Rio 2016 with his head holding high] (in Spanish). Periódico Vanguardia. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.


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