17 Facts About Brady Ellison

Brady Ellison was born on October 27,1988 and is an American archer who competes in recurve archery.

Brady Ellison holds the record for the longest continuous period as the world number-one-ranked men's recurve archer, from August 2011 to April 2013.

Brady Ellison earned his nickname "The Prospector" during the 2015 world championships due to his proclivity for 'finding gold'.

Brady Ellison has had subsequent health issues with his knees, particularly in the lead-up to and during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and the fingers of his drawing hand.

Brady Ellison married Slovenian archer Toja Cerne in April 2016.

Brady Ellison switched to recurve on the recommendation of coaches at the national training center in Chula Vista, California, where he has spent much of his time.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Brady Ellison finished his ranking round with a total of 664 points, which gave him the 15th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced John Burnes in the first round.

Brady Ellison secured his spot for the 2012 Olympics at the USA Archery's Olympic Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Brady Ellison was sponsored by Solve Media, Hoyt Archery, Easton Arrows, and Axcel Sight and Scopes, among others.

Brady Ellison won a silver team medal together with his teammates Jake Kaminski and Jacob Wukie.

At the 2016 Rio Games, Brady Ellison won an individual bronze medal, and a team silver medal with teammates Jake Kaminski and Zach Garrett.

Brady Ellison represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Brady Ellison lost to the eventual Gold Medallist Mete Gazoz of Turkiye in the quarterfinals of the men's individual event.

Brady Ellison won medals at several editions of the World Archery Championships.

Brady Ellison won the bronze medal in the men's individual event.

At three editions of The World Games, Brady Ellison won the silver medal in the individual field recurve competition.

Brady Ellison appears in an episode of the American-based TV show Mythbusters, where he helped to test the myth of the Ancient Greek 'arrow machine gun'.