Name: Collin Klimitchek
Sport: Archery
Discipline: Recurve
Height: 6'2"
Current Residence: Chula Vista, Calif.
School: High School Diploma
Career Highlights:
- 2015 SoCal Showdown, bronze medal
- 2015 Archery World Cup, individual bronze medal
- 2015 World Archery Youth Championships, individual silver medal
- 2015 World Archery Youth Championships, team silver medal
- 2014 World Archery Field Championships, bronze medal
- 2014 U.S. Open, bronze medal
- 2014 Texas Shootout, bronze medal
Get to Know Collin:
- How did you get your start in archery? Through 4-H
- Who inspired you (if anyone) to start shooting? My Dad
- How did you come to be in the Resident Athlete program? I was invited by Coach Lee when I was 16, after being on the Junior Dream Team for 2 years
- What are your favorite things to do other than archery? Hunt, spearfish/free dive, work on my car and guns, and read and study my bible.
- Who are your favorite people in your life? Why? My family and my team mates because they’re always there for me and I can depend on them
- Do you have a pet, if so, what and how many? I have 2 dogs, Jake, and Kelly, they’re a mix of yellow and white lab. When I was younger we also raised a bobcat which we had as a pet for several years before rehabilitating it into the wild.
- What is your favorite kind of food to eat? BBQ dove wrapped with onion, jalapeño, and bacon.
- Who do you consider your biggest influence in your life? My parents, and my sister and Brother-in-law
- What sacrifices have you made - or has your family made - so that you could shoot at this level? I was homeschooled so that I could travel without missing school, I would do my school at tournaments and on the road a lot of the time
- What is the best place you’ve traveled for archery? Australia or the Yucatan
