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Check out the top 10 Archers of the Olympics in this article. An Archer is person (Male or Female) who use a bow and an arrow in real live hunting or as a sport. Practicing this is called archery. Archery in modern days mostly sports. Events held on different occasions. One of these events is Olympics. Each player is ranked on the basis of their points called “Ranking Points”. Here’s a list of archers based on their points in the Olympics:

Pierre Julien Deloche.

Pierre born in France. is a number one world champion in archery male or female with a gold and silver WAC medals. Pierre is an archer since 04 and in a national team since 07. Pierre was nervous as a child his parent thought that archery might help him calm down and it did. Pierre likes to archer in the south side of France as the weather is best for archery practice. Having the highest ranking points in the Olympics Pierre is on the top of the list with 332500 points.

Lee Seung-yun.

Born in 95 Lee is the far youngest male archer yet, born in South Korea. Was the first to be selected by the South Korean archer team that he led to the 2013 Archery World Cup and medals. Not only that but he other medals and position in archery world cups also in the Olympics. Coming second on this list is Lee having ranking points of 311500 quite close to the number one on our list.

Xu Jing.

Xu is a Chinese female archer born in 1990. Xu plays individually and for the Chinese women’s team. She was at the 2012 Olympics competing as a team member of her country. She is the number one female archer in the world with 269500 ranking points in the Olympics and some medals in the Archery World Cup

Erika Jones.

Erica is the former number one Female archer and currently the second best female archer in the world and the youngest female or male archer to win a championship at the age of 13. Erica won many national and international championships she’ also the one to have won both the “World Archery Competition” and “Archery World Cup”. Erica is the fourth amongst the male and the female archers with 268325 ranking points.

Oh Jin-Hyek.

Jin is in first Korean archer to ever win an Olympics’ individual gold medal in a championship. Till last year he was the number one ranked male archer in the world. Currently Jin is the third ranked male archer. Along with his gold medal other medals and team cups he has a ranking point of 260500 points making him the fifth on this list among the male and female archers.

Reo Wilde.

Reo is second best United States archer of time. Reo is an individual archer and has been competing recurve bow for about six years now but he’s spent more than 10 years on compound bow. Reo’ actual dream was to focus all of his time and energy on into shooting with no other job came true when he became a professional archer since 06. His inspiration is his father who led him to become a well known archer with many medals and to get to be sixth on this list with 250550 ranking points in Olympics.

Yun Ok-Hee.

Is another South Korean archer who is a former Asian number one archer back in the days. Yun won a Gold medal as a member of the South Korean team and a Silver medal as an individual archer. Currently Yun is the fourth ranked Asian archer, the third ranked female archer and the seventh on this worldwide. Yun has 243250 ranking points in the Olympics. Yun also won many champion ships as in the Archery World Cup and others.

Sara Lopez.

Being born in 95 also makes her the same age as Lee and the youngest female archer ever. Sara is the number third ranked United States archer and the second female American archer. Sara has spent 4 years in archery after seeing her brother archer. She quit volleyball to become an archer. Learning from her mentor and coach she became one of the best archers not only by having two gold medals also by having a ranking point of 234200 in the Olympics.

Rick van der ven.

Rick was interested in archery as a child, at the age of 8 he wanted to learn swimming and scuba diving but he wasn’t allowed till he was 13. He the started to learn arching as he became 13 he no longer wanted to swim continuing archery Rick became good at it. After 14 years of archery Rick is the fourth American male archer and he ninth on this list. Along with having two champion ships Rick has a ranking point of 233000 points in the Olympics.

Peter Elzinga.

A Dutch male archer Peter has many records one of them is shooting arrows for 22 years and 18 years in a team. Other than that Peter’s record at fita is 1419 and he’s the 6 times European and 2 individual and 4 time team champion. Being the number one Dutch archer and former number one archer worldwide in 04. Along with winning the 06 and 09 FIAT Championship peter in tenth on this list and eight male archer worldwide Peter has ranking points of 224500 points in the Olympics. Now you know who are the top 10 Olympic archers of 2014.

Muslim Athletes have attained title in every single athletics of that is present in the World’s history. Muslims have Provided Greatest Footballers, Boxers, Basketball Players, Cricketers, Squash Players, Hockey Players, and Sprinters, Golfers as well as Wrestlers and many others. Here is providing a total list of top 10 greatest Muslim athletes of all times.

1). MUHAMMAD ALI:

SPORTS               : Boxing

COUNTRY            : United States

Whenever you consider the greatest Muslim athletes the very first name that comes to mind is Mohammad Ali. Having been the greatest boxer of all time he captures the heart of many with his great personality and superior boxing skills. Mohammad Ali defeats most champions and top competitors than nearly any heavyweight champ of all time. The greatest boxer was born in 1942 and in his overall boxing career, he won 61 fights. In these fights, he won 56 fights and 37 of them happens knock-out. Ali beat European heavyweight champions Karl Mildenberger, Henry Cooper, Joe Bugner, Jürgen Blin, Jean-Pierre Coopman, Richard Dunn, and also Alfredo Evangelista. He also beat Brian London who was the British and Commonwealth king.

2- KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR:

SPORTS               : Basketball

COUNTRY            : United States

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the top 10 greatest Muslim athletes of all time and is the foremost scorer player of NBA, and also a retired US skilled basketball athlete. He played in the NBA for the duration of 2 decades. In his life, he won 6 NBA games, 6 MVP accolades and also he become the NBA’s foremost soccer player by scoring with 38,387 points. He was declared as league’s finest player in 1970. He furthermore utilized the hook to achieve most points for their federation. Apart from being a basketball player, he was also an author, an actor, and also a basketball trainer. He has been chosen as the US world cultural ambassador in 2012.

3). ZINEDINE ZIDANE:

SPORTS             : Football

COUNTRY          : France

The retired French football player was born on 23 June in 1972. Zidane played for his French national team as being a striking midfielder, and also for European leaders Juventus and he played for the Real Madrid which is the greatest club ever. In the last 50 years, by UEFA, he was referred to as the best European football player. He won the FIFA Ballon D’Or three-times and earned the World Cup for the France in 1998. Unfortunately, Zizou experienced a terrible ending to his profession as he got eliminated from the 2006 World Cup for head butting the Italy’s player Marco Materazzi. However, ZinedineZidane is definitely a proud Muslim and among the many greatest Muslim players of all time.

4). MIKE TYSON:

SPORTS               : Boxing

COUNTRY            : United States

The retired American professional boxer Michael Gerard, well-known as Mike Tyson was born in the year 1966 on June 30 and is among the top 10 greatest Muslim athletes of all time. He was also known as The Baddest Man on the Planet, Iron Mike, and Kid Dynamite. He gone through many difficult times was adapted to Islam when he was in jail. As soon as he had been released, the Iron Mike went back to the ring and win victory the heavyweight titles of WBC, IBF, and WBA. He was the 22 years old at that time and get to be the youngest title winner in the history of boxing.

 5). IMRAN KHAN:

SPORTS                 : Cricket

COUNTRY            : Pakistan

The Pakistani cricket legend Imran khan was born in the year 1952 on 25 November. He played the international cricket for 2 decades in the later 20th and, when he got retired he joined politics. He began his political occupation in Pakistan with his political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI). Furthermore, as being a political activist, he is also a well-known philanthropist, Bradford University Chancellor ShaukatKhanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, cricket commentator, the founder of research Centre, and also the Chairman of the Board of Governors. Khan is the all-time greatest successful captain of Pakistan’s cricket team and also the greatest Muslim athlete in the history. He won the World Cup in 1992 for his Pakistan and he is undoubtedly a proud Muslim.

 6). SHAQUILLE O’NEAL:

SPORTS            : Basketball

COUNTRY       : United States

He has been the former NBA basketball player and in his 19 years NBA occupation he won 4 NBA championship title and got NBA all-stars 15 times. As being a Muslim he reorganized the NBA during the last fifteen years. Basically, his mother was Christian and his step-father was Muslim, so he raised with the influence of both religions. He has not ever been quite outspoken regarding his faith-based affiliation, however, he had talked about it in a few of his interviews and has performed Hajj. Known as one of the heaviest players to ever play for NBA, listed at 2.16m tall and weighing 325 pounds (147kg).

7). JAHANGIR KHAN:

SPORTS               : Squash

COUNTRY           : Pakistan

One more Pakistani who is among the top 10 greatest Muslim athletes of all time. Jahangir Khan is the no.1 professional squash player. He belongs to Karachi, Pakistan and was born in the year 1963 on December 10. As being the squash player he also has been the comedian and a TV anchor. In his career, he played squash for 10 years and claimed 6 World Open title and each of them is back to back. He is chosen as the 7th World Squash League champion. He has got an unbelievable record for winning the 555 back-to-back matches, the lengthiest victorious streak for a sportsman in nearly any sports. Since 2002 he is serving as the President of World Squash Federation.

8). HAKEEM OLAJUWON:

SPORTS               : Basketball

COUNTRY           : Nigerian-American

Hakeem Olajuwon is undoubtedly amongst the greatest players who ever played for NBA and is among the top 10 greatest Muslim athletes of all time. He was nicknamed as “The Dream”. This retired Nigerian-American professional basketball athlete was born in the year 1963 on January 21. In 1994 and 1995 as being the centre player in the NBA he brought the Rockets to consecutive NBA championships. He is regarded as one of several best centres who ever played the game. Hakeem Olajuwon was converted to Islam and become a Muslim, however, a quite dedicated one. He used to fast all through the holy month of Ramadan even though NBA season was being carried out. His achievements are enormous.

9). JAVED MIANDAD:

SPORTS               : Cricket

COUNTRY           : Pakistan

Mohammad JavedMiandad commonly acknowledged as JavedMiandad was born in the year 1957 on 12 of June and played between the year 1975 and 1996. He is a former cricketer and the foremost run-scorer of Pakistan in Test Cricket matches. The great personality is defined as the greatest batsman that Pakistan has ever created. He worked as being the Pakistan’s national cricket team captain. He’s generally known as the very first winner of an international sports fashion. He was also held as the Pakistan’s cricket team coach in Pakistan Cricket Board on several occasions.

10). BERNARD HOPKINS:

SPORTS               : Basketball

COUNTRY           : United States

Bernard Hopkins is one of the top 10 greatest Muslim athletes of all time who was born in the year 1965 on January 15. He is American oldest heavyweight champion and also from 1994 to 2005, he claimed middleweight champion title for 20 times. In his overall boxing occupation, he played a total of 66 games and is the winner of 55 matches. In 1994 he won the title of International Boxing Federation and in 2001 won the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and The Ring titles. In 2004 he won the 4th World Boxing Organization title and after winning all of these four titles he becomes the very first person who claimed the 4 greatest titles.