Richard McKinney (archer)

Richard McKinney

Personal information
Full name	Richard Lee McKinney
Born	October 12, 1953 (1953-10-12) (age 63) Decatur, Indiana, U.S.
Medal record Men's Archery Representing  United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Individual 1988 Seoul Team Pan American Games 1979 San Juan Team 1983 Caracas Team 1987 Indianapolis Team 1995 Mar del Plata Team 1983 Caracas Individual World Championships 1975 Interlaken Team 1977 Canberra Individual 1977 Canberra Team 1979 Berlin Team 1981 Punta Ala Team 1983 Los Angeles Individual 1983 Los Angeles Team 1985 Seoul Individual 1975 Interlaken Individual 1979 Berlin Individual 1985 Seoul Team 1989 Lausanne Team 1981 Punta Ala Individual 1991 Krakow Team 1995 Jakarta Team

Richard Lee "Rick" McKinney (born October 12, 1953) is an archer from the United States, who competed in the Olympic Games four times, winning a pair of silver medals.

McKinney was born in Decatur, Indiana. After finishing fourth in the individual event at the 1976 Summer Olympics, he won the world title in 1977 and again in 1983. He finished second at the 1984 Summer Olympics to teammate and long-time rival Darrell Pace. In the 1988 Games, he was sixth in the individual event and added a silver medal in the team event along with Pace and Jay Barrs. He also competed in the 1992 Olympics.^[1]

McKinney was a nine-time national champion, and represented the United States at 10 editions of the World Archery Championships between 1975 and 1995. He won the individual title three times and the team title five consecutive times, making him the most successful US archer and second most successful male archer of all time. His back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1985 was the last time any male archer won consecutive titles.^[2][3]

McKinney has since focused on the development of carbon fiber-wrapped aluminum arrows.

In 2012, McKinney served as analyst for NBC's archery coverage at the Summer Olympics in London,^[4] and again served as archery analyst for NBC in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.^[5]

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