Andrés Manuel Pila Solano (born 11 May 1991) is a Colombian competitive archer.[1] A lone male archer on the Colombian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Pila has collected a total of four medals throughout his five-year international archery career, including a bronze in the men's individual recurve at the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile.[2][3]
Pila was selected to compete for Colombia in the men's individual recurve at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] Sitting at forty-third position from the initial stage of the competition with 654 points, Pila lost his opening round match to the hard-charging Malaysian and London 2012 quarterfinalist Khairul Anuar Mohamad, who managed to get past him through a comfortable 6–0 challenge.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Andrés Pila". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ a b "3 women and 1 man to represent Colombia in Rio". World Archery. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "La arquería dio un bronce más y cierra este sábado su programación" [Archery closes the Saturday program with a bronze] (in Spanish). Colombian Olympic Committee. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 64". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Phuaw, Shew Beng (10 August 2016). "Khairul's hopes for medal are gone with the wind". The Star. Malaysia. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
