Gazoz scored 686 out of a possible 720 points to lead recurve men's qualification as Lisa Unruh, Tanja Jensen and Mike Schloesser also took top seedings.

"It makes me so confident at the end of the qualification to be in first place," Gazoz told World Archery.

"It also puts pressure on my opponents during the eliminations.

"I finished second [at this competition] in 2016 and this time I would like to get the gold."

Since breaking out in senior competition at the European Archery Championships at Nottingham in 2016, where he finished with a silver medal, Mete has made his Olympic debut and has recently risen to number six in the world rankings.

Mete has also scored more than 680 points for the 72-arrow 70-metres round at five consecutive international tournaments.

The success has not gone unnoticed in Turkey, with Mete hitting national news more than once.

"It is really good to know that people are following and how I might get success during the season because archery was not so famous in Turkey but now more people know," he said.

"This has a really positive effect on my motivation and on my performance, also my team members get a good feeling from this interest in archery."

As well as awarding European titles, the Championships in Legnica also act as the main qualification tournament for the Minsk 2019 European Games.

Gazoz was eight points clear at the top of recurve men’s qualifying in Legnica, ahead of France’s Thomas Chirault and Steve Wijler on 676, Dan Olaru on 675, Mauro Nespoli on 675, Pierre Plihon on 673, Miguel Alvarino Garcia 0 672 and Pablo Acha on 671.

Lisa Unruh led the recurve women’s ranking round with 665 points, tied on points with German team-mate Elena Richter but ahead on 10s.

Despite seeding first overall in the compound men’s competition with 706 out of a possible 720 points for the 72-arrow 50m round, world number one Mike Schloesser said he "struggled [for] all 72 arrows".

"It was difficult, difficult, difficult," he added.

"I’d rather look at myself than look at where I’m at because I’m pretty sure there were more points in it today."

Tanja Jensen, on 702, and Marcella Tonioli on 700 were the only compound women to break the 700-point mark.