Emmett Kapniuk

Sport: Archery

Year Received: 2020

Bio: Emmett Kapaniuk is by far a top archer. He can almost shoot a perfect indoor archery score (300/300) and definitely has the highest score ever achieved by our competitive archers. This has put him high in the ranks nationally having won several medals now, another gold medal this past year in the Canadian Indoor Championships and also achieving a tie with the Canadian record for his category (which is based on age, gender, and equipment type for all archery events) while shooting for the Multi-Sites Indoor Championships of the Americas (MICA). Even though the score he shot for the MICA wasn’t his best day, he placed 29/184 in his category. Placing so high would not have been a realistic goal whatsoever for our team just a few years ago. His name has become well known in the Canadian archery community, and he has been receiving sponsorships as well. I see him becoming a professional athlete for this sport with ease, and I can only imagine that is his dream. He puts all his time, focus, effort, heart and soul into the sport.