With nothing to separate the pair, the match went to a shoot-off which seemingly favoured Lesniak - the winner of two during the elimination phase.

But it wasn’t to be on this occasion for the 2014 world team bronze medallist as her 10 wasn’t as close to the middle as Unruh’s.

"To finish the match against Natalia in a shoot-off was tough, but I really enjoyed that," said Unruh, team silver medallist at the 2007 World Indoor Championships in Izmir, Turkey.

"It was very close."

Unruh’s campaign started promisingly in Turkey’s capital as she posted 590 points during qualification to establish herself as the top seed in the competition.

She went on to defeat two-time team champion Veronika Marchenko of Ukraine and world silver medallist Kristine Esebua of Georgia in the semi-finals and quarter-finals respectively.

"I had a good start of the week with my qualification round and then that continued all the way through my individual matches," said Unruh, the 2012 Indoor World Cup champion.

"I was proud of myself."

Italy’s Claudia Mandia won the women’s recurve individual bronze medal.

Earlier in the day, Lesniak formed part of the Polish team that finished second to Japan in the women's recurve team event. 

The men’s recurve team event delivered further success for Germany as third seeded trio Florian Floto, Florian Kahllund and Carlo Schmitz beat France 30-29 in a tiebreaker having earlier surrendered a 4-0 lead. 

"It was good and we managed to go ahead 4-0, but then the match went 4-4," said Floto.

"Shoot-offs are always a good way to fight your own nerves.

"Winning it was great."

Russia rounded out the men’s recurve team podium. 

The men's recurve individual crown went the way of reigning European indoor champion Heorhiy Ivanytskyy, who defeated Ukrainian team-mate Sergii Makarevych in five sets in the final.

Completing the top three for the third consecutive World Indoor Championships was the United States' Brady Ellison.