Ieva Melle

Ieva Melle
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born (1985-04-01) 1 April 1985 (age 39)[1]
Smiltene, Latvia[2]
Sport
SportArchery
EventRecurve
Coached byEduards Lapsins
Medal record
Representing  Latvia
Dutch Para Archery Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2015 Almere Mixed recurve team open
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Almere Women's recurve open

Ieva Melle (born 1 April 1985) is a Latvian Paralympic archer.

She has competed once at the Summer Paralympics and made appearances in the World Para Archery Championships and World Cup Stages. She specialises in making jewellery.[2]

Melle's performance in the 2015 World Archery Para Championships saw her qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, her debut games. She earned the spot in the women's recurve open after defeating Czech archer Marketa Sidkova in straight sets.[3]

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  2. ^ a b "World Archery Extranet". extranet.worldarchery.org. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  3. ^ "DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.