ELLISON Brady

Olympic qualifying results
He secured a quota spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo by winning gold in the men's individual recurve at the 2019 World Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. (worldarchery.org, 16 Jun 2019)

Draw length (in)
31 (worldarchery.org, 01 Jan 2019)

Draw weight (lbs)
48 (worldarchery.org, 01 Jan 2019)

General
SLOVENIAN BIOENERGETICIST
He experienced severe pain in the middle finger of his right hand through 2017 and 2018. The problem was so bad that he was considering leaving the sport, but ahead of the 2018 World Cup Final he visited a bioenergeticist in Slovenia. "No one could figure out what was wrong. I got to the point where I was like, I quit. I can't do this anymore. It's not worth it. I was still competing, but I was struggling to stay in the top eight in the world. I wasn't winning any international events and I wasn't shooting enough. I wasn't good enough and I wasn't at the level I knew I could be at and it was too frustrating to do it anymore. [The bioenergeticist] didn't give me medicine, he barely even touches you at all. He's just one of those people who has a higher frequency of energy in their body. It's a gift, and he can use it to heal people. I haven't had any pain at all this year [2019], not a single thing. I'm shooting just as many or more arrows now than I ever have in my career." (teamusa.org, 29 Aug 2019)

NEW FORMAT
He is excited to compete in the mixed team event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The discipline is part of the Olympic programme for the first time in Tokyo. "I think it's a big step for sports. There's not a lot of mixed team events in the Games. Not a lot of sports where men and women compete together on the same field as a team. I think that's good for sports and the future to have that. I think it's cool in archery when you see men and women shoot together. It showcases how good the women are, too, because a lot of times they outshoot the men." (teamusa.org, 26 Sep 2018)

FILM
In the summer of 2020 a documentary film about him was released named 'Believe'. (tokyo2020.org, 31 Mar 2021)

HIP PROBLEMS
At age five he was diagnosed with Perthes disease, a condition that affects the hips. He had to wear special leg braces for over a year so that his hips could heal. (phoenixmag.com, 01 Jun 2012)

In 2016 he became the first archer to win the World Cup Final on four occasions. He was also champion in 2010, 2011, and 2014. (teamusa.org, 25 Sep 2016)