José Ricardo Merlos Orellana (born September 25, 1983 in San Salvador) is a male athlete from El Salvador, who competes in archery. Merlos competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 35th overall. He is the younger brother of Cristóbal Merlos, who competed in archery for El Salvador at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. References sports-reference 1983 births Salvadoran male archers Olympic archers of El Salvador Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Sportspeople from San Salvador Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for El Salvador Archers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in archery