Juan Carlos Stevens

Juan Carlos Stevens (born October 22, 1968, in Santiago de Cuba) is an athlete from Cuba, who competes in archery.

Juan Carlos Stevens
Personal information
BornOctober 22, 1968 (1968-10-22) (age 55)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Medal record
Men's Archery
Representing  Cuba
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz Team

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Stevens finished his ranking round with a total of 659 points, which made him the 28th seed for the final competition bracket. He faced Calvin Hartley in the first round, where he beat the archer from South Africa. Both archers scored 107 points in the regular match, but in the extra round Stevens scored 19 points and Hartley scored 18 points. Stevens went on to reach the quarter-finals by beating Alexandru Bodnar (108-101) and Alan Wills (108-104). In the quarter-finals he also scored 108 points, but his opponent Park Kyung-Mo did the same and they had to go into the extra round which the South Korean won with 19–17.[1]

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics Stevens faced India's Tarundeep Rai in the first round, losing 6–5.[2]

References
  1. Athlete biography: Juan Carlos Stevens, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 19 2008
  2. "Men's Individual Archery". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 30 July 2014.


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