Alan Wills is an athlete from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. He competes in archery

Archery

Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

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2008 Summer Olympics

Wills represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The United Kingdom was represented by the British Olympic Association , and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. Britain is one of only five NOCs to have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1896...

 in the Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held over a seven day period from August 9 to August 15. The events took place at the Olympic Green Archery Field, a temporary venue on the Olympic Green, Beijing's Olympic Park.-Competition Format:...

, competing in the men's individual and team archery. He finished his ranking round with a total of 661 points. This gave him the 21st seed for the final competition bracket. There he beat Mauro Nespoli

Mauro Nespoli

Mauro Nespoli is an Italian archer.Nespoli was born in Voghera , the place where he has always lived...

 103-98 in the first round and went on to edge out another Italian

Italy

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, Marco Galiazzo

Marco Galiazzo

Marco Galiazzo is an athlete from Italy. He competes in archery.-2004 Summer Olympics:Galiazzo competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals...

, 110-109 in round two. However, his run was ended by Juan Carlos Stevens

Juan Carlos Stevens

Juan Carlos Stevens is an athlete from Cuba, who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Stevens finished his ranking round with a total of 659 points, which gave him the 28th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Calvin Hartley in the...

 of Cuba

Cuba

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 in the last 16 as he was defeated 108-104.

Together with Simon Terry

Simon Terry

Simon Duncan Terry is a British archer from Grantham in Lincolnshire.-1992 Summer Olympics:Stirling-born Terry participated at 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In both the Individual and Team Events he won a Bronze medal for Great Britain. In the Individual games he was beaten by Sébastien Flute...

 and Laurence Godfrey

Laurence Godfrey (archer)

Laurence Paul Godfrey is an athlete from the United Kingdom. He competes in archery.He studied for an HND in Mechanical Manufacturing at the University of the West of England from 1997 to 2000.-2004 Summer Olympics:...

 he also took part in the team event. With his 661 score from the ranking round combined with the 670 of Simon Terry and the 657 of Godfrey the British were in fifth position after the ranking round. In the first elimination round they faced the Chinese

China

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team and got eliminated with 214-210. The Chinese went on to win the bronze medal.