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{{Short description|British archer (born 1976)}}
{{other people|Laurence Godfrey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
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| fullname       = Laurence Paul Godfrey
| nickname       = Larry
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1976|6|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]], England, [[United Kingdom]]
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| olympics       = [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] – 4th (Ind)
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Archery Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2007 World Archery Championships|2007 Leipsig]] | Men's Team}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2011 World Archery Championships|2011 Turin]] | Mixed Team}}
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'''Laurence Paul Godfrey''' (born 9 June 1976, in [[Bristol]]) is a British archer.

He studied for an [[Higher National Diploma|HND]] in Mechanical Manufacturing at the [[University of the West of England]] from 1997 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWENews/images/bulletinJuly08.pdf|title=UWE graduates represent Great Britain in Olympic Games|work=The Bulletin July 2008|publisher=University of the West of England|accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref>

==2004 Summer Olympics==
Godfrey was the only British male to qualify for the men's tournament at Athens 2004. He competed for the United Kingdom (as [[Great Britain]]) at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in men's individual archery.  He won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals.  In the quarterfinals, Godfrey faced [[Chen Szu-yuan]] of [[Chinese Taipei]], defeating Chen 110–108 in the 12-arrow match and advancing to the semifinals.  There, he faced [[Marco Galiazzo]] of [[Italy]], losing to the eventual [[gold medal]]ist 110–108.  Godfrey then competed against [[Tim Cuddihy]] of [[Australia]] in the bronze medal match, losing 113–112 to take 4th place overall.

==2008 Summer Olympics==
At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]] Godfrey finished his ranking round with a total of 657 points. This gave him the 34th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced [[Bair Badënov]] in the first round. Badënov won the match with 114–109 and went on to win the bronze medal.<ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/224897.shtml |title=Athlete biography: Laurence Godfrey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814015204/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/224897.shtml |archive-date=14 August 2008  |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=[[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games]] |access-date=17 August 2008}}</ref>

Together with [[Simon Terry]] and [[Alan Wills (archer)|Alan Wills]] he also took part in the team event. With his 657 score from the ranking round combined with the 670 of Terry and the 661 of Wills the British were in fifth position after the ranking round. In the first elimination round they faced the [[China|Chinese]] team and got eliminated with 214–210. The Chinese went on to win the bronze medal.<ref name="beijing"/>

==2012 Summer Olympics==
At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, Godfrey finished 4th in the ranking round with a total of 680 points. He defeated [[Emdadul Haque Milon]] from Bangladesh in the 1/32 elimination round, winning 6-0 (scoring 84 out of a possible 90 points). He then went on to defeat Mexico's Juan Serrano, winning the first set, tying the second set, and then winning the final 2 sets, giving him a victory of 7–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18906692|title=Olympic archery: Larry Godfrey through to last 16 at London 2012 |accessdate=2012-07-30}}</ref> The 1/8 elimination round against Malaysian Khairul Anuar Mohamad was tied at 5–5 at the end of the 5th and final set. Mohamad won the one arrow shoot off and progressed to the quarterfinals, only to be defeated by Takaharu Furukawa from Japan who went on to win the silver medal.

==Individual performance timeline==

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!width=200|Tournament!!width=30|2002!!width=30|2003!!width=30|2004!!width=30|2005!!width=30|2006!!width=30|2007!!width=30|2008!!width=30|2009!!width=30|2010!!width=30|2011!!width=30|2012!!width=30|2013!!width=30|2014!!width=30|{{Tooltip| SR | Strike rate}}
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|colspan="14" style="text-align:left;"|'''[[World Archery Federation|World Archery]] tournaments'''
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|align=left|[[Archery at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
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|style="background:thistle;"|[[Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's individual|4th]]
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|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual|1R]]
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|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's individual|3R]]
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|align=left|[[World Archery Championships|World Championships]]
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|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve|1R]]
|style="background:#808080;"|
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve|2R]]
|style="background:#808080;"|
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve|3R]]
|style="background:#808080;"|
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2011 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve|QF]]
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|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Individual Recurve|1R]]
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|align=left|[[Archery World Cup|World Cup]]
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|align=right|''Stage 1''
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|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Archery World Cup|1R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Archery World Cup|1R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Archery World Cup|1R]]
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2009 Archery World Cup|QF]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 Archery World Cup|2R]]
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2011 Archery World Cup|QF]]
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|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Archery World Cup|3R]]
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|align=right|''Stage 2''
|colspan="4" style="background:#808080;"|
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Archery World Cup|3R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Archery World Cup|2R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Archery World Cup|2R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Archery World Cup|2R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 Archery World Cup|1R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Archery World Cup|4R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Archery World Cup|4R]]
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|align=right|''Stage 3''
|colspan="4" style="background:#808080;"|
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2006 Archery World Cup|QF]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Archery World Cup|2R]]
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|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Archery World Cup|3R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 Archery World Cup|2R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Archery World Cup|3R]]
|style="background:#DCDCDC;"|[[2012 Archery World Cup|2nd]]
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|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Archery World Cup|3R]]
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|align=right|''Stage 4''
|colspan="4" style="background:#808080;"|
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Archery World Cup|2R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Archery World Cup|3R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Archery World Cup|2R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Archery World Cup|1R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 Archery World Cup|2R]]
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Archery World Cup|4R]]
|style="background:#808080;"|
|style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Archery World Cup|2R]]
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|align=right|''World Cup Final''
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|DNQ
|DNQ
|DNQ
|DNQ
|DNQ
|DNQ
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2012 Archery World Cup|QF]]
|DNQ
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!style=text-align:left|[[World Archery Rankings|End of year world ranking]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731040200/http://larrygodfrey.com/ |title=Official website |date=dmy}}
* {{World Archery|2379}}
* {{Team GB}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|laurence-godfrey|Laurence Godfrey}}

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