Wunderle was raised in Mason City, Illinois and is the son of the famous archery coach Terry Wunderle. His passion for archery started at the age five. He competed in many competitions and received many honors throughout his childhood. After graduating from Illini Central High School in 1994, he attended Texas A&M University, where he graduated in 2002 with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences.
2000 Summer Olympicsedit
Wunderle won the silver medal in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the semifinals, he barely defeated Magnus Petersson of Sweden, scoring 108-107 in the 12-arrow match to advance to the gold medal final. There, he faced Simon Fairweather, a favorite son of the host country of Australia. Wunderle was defeated 113-106, taking 2nd place and the silver medal in the competition.
He also was a member of the American team that defeated Russia in a tie-breaker to win the bronze medal in the team competition.
2004 Summer Olympicsedit
Wunderle competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Wunderle faced Marco Galiazzo of Italy, losing to the eventual gold medalist 109-108 in the 12-arrow match. Wunderle placed 8th overall.
Wunderle was also a member of the 4th-place American men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
2006 Gold Cupedit
He defeated a promising young French archer, Pierre Georgeault, coached by Yann Léguillon, in the 16th of finals of the competition. He won third place in his match against Crispin Duenas of Canada.
2008 Summer Olympicsedit
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Wunderle finished his ranking round with a total of 652 points. This gave him the 41st seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Eduardo Vélez in the first round, beating him 106-102. In the second round Wunderle and his opponent Ilario Di Buò both scored 108 points in the regular match and had to go to an extra round. In this extra round Di Buò scored 17 points, while Wunderle advanced to the third round with 19 points. Wunderle reached the quarter-final by beating Im Dong-Hyun with 113-111, but was eliminated by Juan René Serrano of Mexico, who was the first seed after scoring 679 in the ranking round.[1]
Together with Brady Ellison and Butch Johnson he also took part in the team event. With his 652 score from the ranking round combined with the 664 of Ellison and the 653 of Johnson the Americans were in 10th position after the ranking round. In the first round they were not able to win against Chinese Taipei that won the confrontation by 222-218.[1]
Sourcesedit
"Vic Wunderle's biography". vicwunderle.com.
(PDF). njarchery.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2007.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
wunderle, victor, steven, wunderle, born, march, 1976, lincoln, illinois, archer, from, united, states, personal, informationfull, namevictor, steven, wunderlebornmarch, 1976, 1976, lincoln, illinois, medal, record, archeryrepresenting, united, statesolympic, . Victor Steven Vic Wunderle born March 4 1976 in Lincoln Illinois is an archer from the United States Vic WunderlePersonal informationFull nameVictor Steven WunderleBornMarch 4 1976 1976 03 04 age 47 Lincoln Illinois U S Medal record Men s archeryRepresenting the United StatesOlympic Games2000 Sydney Individual2000 Sydney TeamPan American Games1995 Mar del Plata Individual 30 m 1995 Mar del Plata Individual 50 m 1995 Mar del Plata Team1999 Winnipeg Team2003 Santo Domingo Individual2003 Santo Domingo Team2007 Rio de Janeiro Team1995 Mar del Plata Individual2007 Rio de Janeiro IndividualWorld Championships1999 Riom Team recurve Contents 1 Personal 2 2000 Summer Olympics 3 2004 Summer Olympics 4 2006 Gold Cup 5 2008 Summer Olympics 6 Sources 7 ReferencesPersonal editWunderle was raised in Mason City Illinois and is the son of the famous archery coach Terry Wunderle His passion for archery started at the age five He competed in many competitions and received many honors throughout his childhood After graduating from Illini Central High School in 1994 he attended Texas A amp M University where he graduated in 2002 with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences 2000 Summer Olympics editWunderle won the silver medal in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics In the semifinals he barely defeated Magnus Petersson of Sweden scoring 108 107 in the 12 arrow match to advance to the gold medal final There he faced Simon Fairweather a favorite son of the host country of Australia Wunderle was defeated 113 106 taking 2nd place and the silver medal in the competition He also was a member of the American team that defeated Russia in a tie breaker to win the bronze medal in the team competition 2004 Summer Olympics editWunderle competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men s individual archery He won his first three elimination matches advancing to the quarterfinals In the quarterfinals Wunderle faced Marco Galiazzo of Italy losing to the eventual gold medalist 109 108 in the 12 arrow match Wunderle placed 8th overall Wunderle was also a member of the 4th place American men s archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Gold Cup editHe defeated a promising young French archer Pierre Georgeault coached by Yann Leguillon in the 16th of finals of the competition He won third place in his match against Crispin Duenas of Canada 2008 Summer Olympics editAt the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Wunderle finished his ranking round with a total of 652 points This gave him the 41st seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Eduardo Velez in the first round beating him 106 102 In the second round Wunderle and his opponent Ilario Di Buo both scored 108 points in the regular match and had to go to an extra round In this extra round Di Buo scored 17 points while Wunderle advanced to the third round with 19 points Wunderle reached the quarter final by beating Im Dong Hyun with 113 111 but was eliminated by Juan Rene Serrano of Mexico who was the first seed after scoring 679 in the ranking round 1 Together with Brady Ellison and Butch Johnson he also took part in the team event With his 652 score from the ranking round combined with the 664 of Ellison and the 653 of Johnson the Americans were in 10th position after the ranking round In the first round they were not able to win against Chinese Taipei that won the confrontation by 222 218 1 Sources edit Vic Wunderle s biography vicwunderle com 11th Annual GOLD CUP TOURNAMENT Bloomfield New Jersey 3 4 June 2006 PDF njarchery org Archived from the original PDF on February 21 2007 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Vic Wunderle Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2020 04 18 References edit a b Athlete biography Victor Wunderle Beijing2008 cn The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Archived from the original on September 7 2008 Retrieved August 17 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vic Wunderle amp oldid 1188007443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
