Mete Gazoz

Mete Gazoz (born 8 June 1999 in Istanbul) is a Turkish recurve archer. He won the gold medal in the men's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, and a bronze medal in the men's team event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He also represented Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the 2023 World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Gazoz won the men's individual recurve title, defeating Canadian archer Eric Peters and becoming the first Turkish archer to win a recurve gold medal at the World Championships.

Sports career Gazoz began Archery in 2010. The right-handed archer made his international debut in 2013.

He won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event at the 2022 European Archery Championships held in Munich, Germany.

Mete Gazoz won the gold medal at the 2023 World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Germany by defeating Canadian Eric Peters 6–4 in the men's individual classical final as a result of 28–27, 28–30, 24–28, 30–28 and 28–29 sets. He defeated El Salvadoran Óscar Ticas 7–3 in the first round, Indian Tushar Prabhakar Shelke 6–0 in the second round, Swiss Florian Faber 6–0 in the third round, American Brady Ellison 6–0 in the fourth round, Chilean Ricardo Soto 6–2 in the quarterfinals and Brazilian Marcus D'Almeida 7–3 in the semifinals to reach the final. By winning the silver medal at the 2023 World Archery Championships, the men's classical men's national team consisting of Mete Gazoz, Berkim Tümer and Muhammed Yıldırmış came second in the world. Turkey has achieved a quota for the 2024 Summer Olympics in both team and individual in men's classical men's archery.

In 2023, he was honored for the third time with the Best Men's Recurve Archer of the Year award of the World Archery Federation following in 2018 and 2021. In the men's team recurve event team consisting of Mete Gazoz, Berkim Tümer and Berkay Akkoyun won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 5–4 in the third place match.

Honours World Archery Federation Best Men's Recurve Archer of the Year (3): 2018, 2021, 2023.