Background
McDonald was born in August 1988 in Brisbane, Queensland.
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Jesse McDonald
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He does carpentry.
McDonald is an Australian archer who has trained at the Australian Institute of Sport since 2003 after beating 36 other aspiring archers to earn a scholarship. In national competitions, he has represented the Australian Capital Territory and South Queensland Society (SQAS). In 2003 he trained for the 2004 Junior World Championships in England.
He participated in the 2004 Australian National Junior Championships.
At the 2006 Junior National Championships shooting for SQAS, McDonald finished first in the Junior Boys Recurve Freestyle event with a score of 2384. In match play, he started off ranked eighth.
He competed in the Italian Grand Prix. In 2010, he finished third at the Australian archery championships with a total of 2528 points.
In May 2011, he was ranked seventh nationally in the men"s recurve.
In September 2011, he was named to the Australian archery shadow Olympic squad, from which the selectors choose the Olympic team At the September 2011 Australian Olympic Test event, he was ranked sixth with a score of 1311. He attended national team training camps in Canberra in September 2011 and March 2012.
He was dropped from the shadow squad after the 2012 National Championships.
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Membership
In 2004, he was a member of Mount Petrie in the Belmont area.
