Andrés Pila

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]

Andrés Pila

Personal information
Full name	Andrés Manuel Pila Solano
Born	(1991-05-11) 11 May 1991 (age 33) Montelíbano, Córdoba, Colombia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Archery
Event	Recurve
Medal record Representing  Colombia Men's recurve archery Event 1st 2nd 3rd Pan American Championships 0 1 1 CAC Games 1 0 1 South American Games 1 2 3 Total 2 3 5 Pan American Championships 2022 Santiago Team 2018 Medellín Team Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla Team 2018 Barranquilla Individual South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Team 2014 Santiago Team 2022 Asunción Team 2014 Santiago Individual 2014 Santiago Mixed team 2022 Asunción Individual
Updated on 3 October 2022

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

1. "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.
2. "3 women and 1 man to represent Colombia in Rio". World Archery. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. Phuaw, Shew Beng (10 August 2016). "Khairul's hopes for medal are gone with the wind". The Star. Malaysia. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

External links

• Andrés Pila at World Archery
• Andrés Pila at Olympics.com
• Andrés Pila at Olympedia
• Andrés Pila at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games