First publication: The British Richard Priestman, was today (Monday) officially appointed as the coach of the Israel national team in arches and he will replace Guy Matzkin in his position.
Priestman, 66, is one of the greatest former athletes in the industry, having won bronze medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and 1992 Barcelona competitions and also competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
His coaching career began with the Brazilian national team, continued in Colombia and in recent years led the British national team, when last year Priestman came to Israel and spent several days of masterclass to the national team arches and coaches.
In recent days, Priestman has arrived in Slovenia, to follow closely the members of the Israeli national team, where they won the silver medal in the Rikarb model in the international competition and added the gold in the personal competition up to the age of 18 to Roi Dror.
The competition in Slovenia was also the last led by outgoing coach Guy Matzkin, the same one who brought the industry's record achievement, when he marched Itai Shani, to a historic appearance at the Tokyo Olympics last year, where he finished in the quarterfinals.
The Israeli Archery Association stated: "We would like to thank from the bottom of our hearts Guy for his huge contribution to the development of the Israeli Archery team as the outgoing national team coach, while seeing, accompanying and personally supporting each member of the team, and for continuing to promote and develop Israeli The union and I wish good luck to Priestman. "
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