{{Short description|American archer (born 1993)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2012}} {{infobox sportsperson | full_name = Miranda Huerta (Leek) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|05|18}} | birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. | height = 5'4" | weight = 165 lb | sport = Archery | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's archery}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Guadalajara|Individual}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Guadalajara|Team}} }}
'''Miranda (Leek) Huerta''' (born May 18, 1993)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/leek-miranda-1135627/ |title=Miranda Leek – Archery – Olympic Athlete |publisher=2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. International Olympic Committee |access-date=August 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801090733/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/leek-miranda-1135627/ |archive-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref> is an American archer.
==Career== Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Leek learned to shoot from her father, Scott Leek, who is a recreational archer. When she was 5, Scott Leek took her with him to a shooting range and taught her how to use a basic recurve bow. Over time, she began to participate in local competitions, switching to a compound bow, which she would use until switching back to an Olympic-style recurve bow at the age of 12. During this transition, Leek continued to be coached by her father, with additional support and advice from archery coach Terry Wunderle and his son, former Olympian Vic Wunderle. By age 14 she was selected as a member of USA Archery's Junior Dream Team, and began to be coached by Kisik Lee, her current team coach. Her father remains her personal coach.<ref name=Ammoland>{{cite web |title=Miranda Leek's Arrow Points Up as London Olympics Approach |url=http://www.ammoland.com/2011/11/08/miranda-leeks-arrow-points-up-as-london-olympics-approach/#axzz1zhgzORm3 |publisher=Ammoland |accessdate=July 5, 2012 |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708234440/http://www.ammoland.com/2011/11/08/miranda-leeks-arrow-points-up-as-london-olympics-approach/#axzz1zhgzORm3 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2010, Leek was selected as the sole representative of the United States in women's archery at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. The following year, she graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, and has been accepted to attend Texas A&M University starting in fall, 2012.<ref name=USAtoday>{{cite news |last=Florek |first=Michael |title=Young Olympic Archer Proves Father Knows Best |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/archery/story/2012-06-12/Miranda-Leek-olympic-archery/55637662/1 |accessdate=July 5, 2012 |newspaper=USA Today |date=June 16, 2012}}</ref> Also in 2011, Leek participated as a member of the United States women's team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. There, she won silver medals in both the individual and team competitions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's individual |url=http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZM192A_ARW070070@@@@@@@@ENG.htm |publisher=Guadalajara 2011 |accessdate=July 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116144305/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZM192A_ARW070070%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm |archivedate=November 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Women's team |url=http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZM192A_ARW470470@@@@@@@@ENG.htm |publisher=Guadalajara 2011 |accessdate=July 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116144305/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZM192A_ARW470470%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm |archivedate=November 16, 2013}}</ref> She qualified to compete in both the individual and team competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, beating out two more experienced archers for the right to compete in the individual competition on behalf of the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pescaro |first=Mike |title=Women qualify full team |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/archery/women-qualify-full-team-lorig-nichols-will-join-u-s-olympic-archers.html |accessdate=July 5, 2012 |newspaper=NBC Olympics |date=June 22, 2012 |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729134149/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/archery/women-qualify-full-team-lorig-nichols-will-join-u-s-olympic-archers.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> She did not medal in either competition.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Miranda Leek |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/miranda-leek-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203125918/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/miranda-leek-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{World Archery}} * {{Team USA|old_id=Miranda-Leek|sport=usa-archery|archive=20230607093101}} * {{Olympics.com|miranda-leek}} * {{Olympedia}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leek, Miranda}} Category:1993 births Category:American female archers Category:Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Archers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Living people Category:Dowling Catholic High School alumni Category:Sportspeople from Iowa Category:Sportspeople from Des Moines, Iowa Category:Olympic archers for the United States Category:Archers at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in archery Category:21st-century American sportswomen