NORTH CHESTERFIELD, VA – Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, the world's leading manufacturer in high performance sports optics, is pleased to announce, Pro Shooter and ZEISS sponsored Dave Cousins wins the European Pro Series Archery Event, held April 18-19 in For van Lier, Belgium. This was the first of the three event Pro Series Archery Events to be held in 2015. This first place finish marks Cousins' 8th career title in this event which is quite an accomplishment for this exclusive event in which shooters must meet strict qualifications and be invited to participate.

"This is truly remarkable, said Joel Harris, Marketing and Public Relations Manager for Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. "The European Pro Archery Series is known for having probably the most physically and mentally challenging courses and conditions of any tournament in the world and Dave continues to dominate this event."

Cousins had a seven point lead after the first day and held on to a slim two point lead after day two. He saved his best performance for the final day as he finished nine points and 21 X's above second place. A total of 97 X's allowed Dave to clinch the Beiter Archery Accuracy Award, which goes to the competitor with highest X-count for the tournament.

"In my game seeing is winning, that's why I rely on Zeiss VICTORY binoculars, said Dave Cousins, Professional Archer."

Considered to be the number one professional archer in the world, Dave Cousins is perhaps one of the few professionals making a living out of competing at tournaments worldwide. With his extensive knowledge in archery, Cousins also offers intermediate and advanced archery instruction. His accomplishments are confirmed by a trophy cabinet packed full of world class achievements. Dave made his Pro Archery debut at the 2008 Cartel Classic, winning the event and remained unbeaten 7 times.

In his professional archery career over the past 15 years, he has earned 14 individual medals; 5 gold, 4 silver, and 5 bronze, along with 10 team medals; 9 gold and 1 silver. Dave is the first archer in the history of the FITA World Archery circuit to win all major World Archery (FITA) Championships; Outdoor, Indoor, Field, 3D, Outdoor World Cup, Indoor World Cup, and World Games.

For more information on the Pro Archery Series tournament and to view Dave Cousins' profile, you can visit:http://proarcheryseries.com/cgi-bin/htmlos.cgi/0068797.1.8488247317318231863. To learn more about ZEISS' award winning products, please visit us a www.zeiss.com/us/sports-optics or join us a www.facebook.com/CarlZeissHuntingUS.