The fifth and final leg of the 2026 Archery World Cup is set to get underway in Mexico this weekend. The tournament, hosted by the city of Saltillo on Sept. 12-13, will feature four Turkish archers.
Turkish athletes have won 14 medals across the first four legs of the 2026 Archery World Cup. They claimed five medals in Puebla, including three silver and two bronze; six in Shanghai, including two gold, three silver and one bronze; one gold in Antalya; and two medals in Madrid, including one gold and one silver.
The Turkish archers competing in the final stage will be Mete Gazoz and Ulaş Berkim Tümer in the men’s recurve, Elif Berra Gökkır in the women’s recurve and Hazal Burun in the women’s compound.
Türkiye has emerged as a major force in international archery in recent years, led by Gazoz, who won the country’s first Olympic gold medal in archery at the Tokyo 2020 Games. He followed that breakthrough by winning the men’s individual recurve title at the 2023 World Archery Championships, becoming the first Turkish archer to win a world championship title in the discipline.
Turkish archery also made history at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where the men’s recurve team won a bronze medal, marking the country’s first Olympic medal in an archery team event. Gazoz, Ulaş Berkim Tümer and Abdullah Yıldırmış secured the historic podium finish.
Gazoz has helped raise the profile of the sport in Türkiye since his Olympic triumph, becoming one of the country’s best-known athletes. His success has also been part of a broader rise for Turkish archery, with the national team regularly challenging for medals on the international circuit.
