{{Short description|Slovenian archer (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Toja Ellison | honorific_suffix = | image = 2019-09-06 - Archery World Cup Final - Women's Compound - Toja Ellison.jpg | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = Ellison in 2019 | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Toja Černe<!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|7|4}} | birth_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = Brady Ellison | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Slovenia | sport = Archery | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = Compound | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Women's compound archery }} {{Medal|Country| {{SLO}} }} {{Medal|Competition|World Field Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2024 Lac La Biche|Mixed team}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Yankton|Individual}} {{Medal|Competition| European Games }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Minsk | Individual }} {{Medal|Competition| World Games }} {{Medal|Silver| 2017 Wrocław | Individual }} {{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Gwangju|Individual}} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }}
'''Toja Ellison''' ({{née}} '''Černe''', born 4 July 1993)<ref name="world_archery_championships_results_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://extranet.worldarchery.org/documents/index.php/Events/World_Championships/Target/2019_s-Hertogenbosch/BOOK.pdf|title=2019 World Archery Championships|website=World Archery|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420210047/https://extranet.worldarchery.org/documents/index.php/Events/World_Championships/Target/2019_s-Hertogenbosch/BOOK.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> is a Slovenian compound archer. At the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus, she won the gold medal in the women's individual compound event.<ref name="belarus_k2_500m_minsk_2019">{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081276/belarus-k2-500m-canoe-sprint-pair-beat-hungarys-world-champions-to-gold-at-minsk-2019|title=Belarus K2 500m canoe sprint pair beat Hungary's world champions to gold at Minsk 2019|date=26 June 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="ellison_outshoots_minsk_2019">{{Cite news|last=Stanley|first=John|url=https://worldarchery.org/news/171268/ellison-outshoots-world-champion-inaugural-compound-womens-title-european-games-1|title=Ellison outshoots world champion to inaugural compound women's title at European Games|date=26 June 2019|work=World Archery|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
== Career ==
In 2017, she won the silver medal in the women's individual compound event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.<ref name="archery_results_book_world_games_2017">{{Cite web|title=Archery Results Book|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Archery.pdf|website=2017 World Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527211737/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Archery.pdf|archive-date=27 May 2020|access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref>
In 2019, alongside Staš Modic, she won a silver medal in the mixed team event at the Archery World Cup in Berlin. In 2020, she finished in 14th place in the women's compound event at The Vegas Shoot held in Las Vegas, United States.<ref name="vegas_shoot_payouts_2020">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2020/6284/payouts.pdf|title=2020 Vegas Shoot Payouts|website=National Field Archery Association|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422130559/http://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2020/6284/payouts.pdf|archive-date=22 April 2020|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref> She also competed in the inaugural Lockdown Knockout tournament organised by World Archery without winning a medal.<ref name="lopez_triumphs_in_inaugural_lockdown_knockout_2020">{{Cite news|last=Gillen|first=Nancy|date=18 May 2020|title=López triumphs in inaugural World Archery Lockdown Knockout|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094358/lopez-wins-lockdown-knockout|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
In 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's individual compound event at the World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.<ref name="sara_lopez_wins_elusive_world_champion_title_2021">{{Cite news|date=25 September 2021|title=Sara Lopez wins elusive world champion title in Yankton|work=World Archery|url=https://worldarchery.sport/news/200501/sara-lopez-wins-elusive-world-champion-title-yankton|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref> She also competed in the mixed team event.
She lost her bronze medal match in the women's individual compound event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.<ref name="gibson_and_becerra_claim_titles_world_games_2022">{{Cite news |last=Houston |first=Michael |date=9 July 2022 |title=Gibson and Becerra claim compound archery titles at World Games |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1125505/archery-world-games-compound |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="archery_results_book_world_games_2022">{{Cite web |title=Archery Results Book |url=https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Archery.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715232555/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Archery.pdf |archive-date=15 July 2022 |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=2022 World Games}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Ellison was born and raised in Ljubljana, Slovenia.<ref name="toja_ellison_better_person_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://worldarchery.org/news/149722/toja-ellison-my-plan-become-better-person|title=Toja Ellison: My plan is to become a better person|date=23 June 2017|website=World Archery|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref> In April 2016, she married recurve archer Brady Ellison.<ref name="toja_ellison_better_person_2017"/>
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== External links == {{commonscat}} * {{World Archery}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellison, Toja}} Category:Living people Category:1993 births Category:Slovenian female archers Category:Sportspeople from Ljubljana Category:Archers at the 2019 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2019 European Games Category:European Games medalists in archery Category:European Games gold medalists for Slovenia Category:Competitors at the 2022 World Games Category:World Games silver medalists Category:World Games medalists for Slovenia Category:World Games medalists in archery Category:21st-century Slovenian sportswomen Category:Medalists at the 2017 World Games Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Slovenia Category:Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Category:Summer World University Games medalists in archery