PAVLIK Marcel

Classification
Open (worldarchery.sport, 28 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (spv.sk, 01 Jan 2017)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of a paragliding accident which occurred in 2002. (spv.sk, 01 Jan 2017)

General
BREAK FROM ARCHERY
In 2010 he stepped away from archery after the recurve bow he used in training and competition started to cause him back pain. He instead focused on handcycling for two years before returning to archery using the compound bow. "I did handbike for two years and I did a lot. One time, when I got 80 kilometres behind me, I said, 'Okay, I want to do archery again and with a compound bow'. With the compound bow, I had to start from the beginning, but I had less pain and health problems with the back in comparison to the recurve bow. With a recurve bow, many people know how to do it and set the bow, but with the compound bow in Slovakia, there are few people who shoot with it, so I had to learn everything by myself. I studied a lot by myself, from YouTube, from various websites because nobody could tell me, 'Do it this way or that way'." (paralympic.org, 07 Apr 2020)

CLUB FOUNDER
He established an archery club named Sport Club Speed Arrows in Kosice, Slovakia, after competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Sport Club Speed Arrows Facebook group, 29 Feb 2020; paralympic.org, 20 Nov 2018)