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Two German recurve teams make gold medal finals at Antalya 2026

21 mai 2026

Antalya, Türkiye

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Germany managed to put both their men’s and women’s recurve teams into the gold medal finals on Sunday at the European Outdoor Championships 2026.

“Our team especially works really hard for any tournament, said anchor Katharina Bauer. “I think we also have really good synergy within our team. We always have each other’s back, on and off the shooting line. It’s just a lot of fun to compete together.”

The women’s team of Bauer, Charline Schwarz and Elisa Tartler is the exact same team that competed and won bronze on home turf at the last European Championships two years ago in Essen.

The women will face Belarus for the gold medal, while the men will face Spain – both of whom beat the respective teams from hosts Türkiye in the semifinal. “We prepared for this the whole year and this championship was our main focus.” said Moritz Wieser. “We personally also dreamed of becoming the European champions and this dream continues.”

The compound men’s gold medal match will see France take on Slovenia, while the women’s will see the Netherlands face Italy.

The Netherlands team of Sanne de Laat and Mike Schloesser are also in the compound mixed team final against the Great Britain pairing of Ajay Scott and Ella Gibson. “When you’re the defending champion, you have one goal and that’s recapturing that glory.“ said Mike.

“We came here a week ago and were doing well during practice. But we of course work towards the future as well, with the Olympic games coming up. Me and [Sanne] go way back... It’s a bond that grew through the years while competing together on the highest level. We have one clear goal and that’s to work hard for LA28. So a common goal like that gives us a lot of faith in each other,” he added.

The recurve mixed team final finally sees the host nation get a shot at gold, with Mete Gazoz and Elif Gokkir facing up against France’s Caroline Lopez and Baptiste Addis.

Mete also talked about the importance of trust. “What makes our team different from others, is the chemistry between Elif and me. Because I see her as my little sister. But she’s also a great archer whom I respect a lot. And I know that Elif feels the same for me. So this maximizes the trust we have towards each other on the field,” said the 2020 Olympic champion.

“Both the men’s and women’s team will compete in the bronze medal match. And with a gold medal match guaranteed, we’ve concluded this afternoon nicely. We are of course very proud to be able to go to the finals here in our home country. So we look forward to Sunday. We’re happy and will have a nice and peaceful sleep tonight.”