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Darrel John McLaren Wilson (born 17th July 1980) is an archer from Northern Ireland, who has represented Northern Ireland and Ireland at World Championships, World Cups, European Championships, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Championships of Europe, and British Championships during his career.

Wilson began competing at 10 years old (following in his fathers and two older brothers foot steps) winning multiple junior Northern Irish titles and representing his country at British Championships. At the age of 17, won his first senior title (Northern Irish Indoor Championships) and defended it four consecutive times, winning 9 in total so far.

Added to this Wilson has won the Northern Irish Outdoor Championships, Northern Irish Field Championships, Northern Irish 3D Championships, Irish Open, Irish National Series and British Field Championships. Darrel also holds multiple Irish records for field archery and target archery.

In 2010 Wilson represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in New Dehli (India), the first time archery had been included since 1980. the Gents compound team, which also included Darrel's older brother Stuart Wilson finished in joint 5th place after being beaten by eventual gold medal winners, England.

Since then Darrel has represented Ireland at 2 x Outdoor World Championships, 2 x World Cups, 1 x World Field Championships and 1 x Outdoor European Championships.

Most notable achievement to date was becoming British Field Champion in 2016 setting 3 x national records in the process.

Darrel is married with 2 children and continues to compete