Ana María Rendón Martínez (born March 10, 1986) is a Colombian
recurve archer
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. She has competed in the
Olympic Games
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three times and is a two-time gold medalist at the
Pan American Games
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.
Career
2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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Rendón finished her ranking round with a total of 647 points. This gave her the 10th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced
Elena Tonetta
Elena Tonetta (born 8 June 1988 in Rovereto) is an Italian archer.
In 2005, she was the Junior European Champion, winning at Silkeborg (Denmark). She won the second place in the final of the Junior World Cup, at Mérida (Mexico) in 2006 ...
in the first round. Both archers scored 106 points in the regular match, but in the decisive extra round Rendón scored 10 points against 9 for Tonetta and advanced to the next round. There she won with 110-106 against
Miroslava Dagbaeva
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Career
2008 Summer Olympics
She represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Su ...
. In the round of 16 she could only score 95 points and as her opponent
Khatuna Lorig
Khatuna Lorig (; born January 1, 1974, as Khatuna Kvrivishvili, ka, ხათუნა ქვრივიშვილი) is a Georgian archer who immigrated to the United States.
She has used at least 3 different last names while competing ...
scored 107 points Rendón was eliminated.
Together with
Natalia Sánchez and
Sigrid Romero
Sigrid Romero (born May 22, 1989 in Cali) is an athlete from Colombia who competes in archery.
Early life
Romero was born in Cali, Colombia, the daughter of Ramon Romero and Patricia Duque.
Her name in German means triumphal procession, in the b ...
she also took part in the team event. With her 647 score from the ranking round combined with the 643 of Sánchez and the 551 of Romero the Colombian team was in tenth position after the ranking round. In the first round they faced the
Japan
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ese team, but were unable to beat them. Japan advanced to the quarter finals with a 206-199 score.
2012 Summer Olympics
Rendón competed again at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, this time only in the individual event. She finished as the twelfth seed in the ranking round but was defeated by
Iria Grandal in the opening elimination round.
2016 Summer Olympics
Rendon represented
Colombia
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at her third Olympics, the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
Pan American Games
Rendón achieved two medals at the
2007 Pan American Games
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, winning the women's team gold medal and placing third in the women's individual event to secure the bronze medal. She did not participate in the
2011 Games four years later after she and her teammates
Natalia Sánchez and
Sigrid Romero
Sigrid Romero (born May 22, 1989 in Cali) is an athlete from Colombia who competes in archery.
Early life
Romero was born in Cali, Colombia, the daughter of Ramon Romero and Patricia Duque.
Her name in German means triumphal procession, in the b ...
disagreed with the training approach taken by the national coach Kim Hag Yong, with the trio requesting that Kim be replaced. The request was refused and the three were subsequently withdrawn from the competition by the
Colombian Olympic Committee
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.
Rendón returned to the
Pan American Games in 2015, winning the
women's team gold medal with Sánchez and María Sepúlveda before finishing as the runner-up in the
women's individual event to
Khatuna Lorig
Khatuna Lorig (; born January 1, 1974, as Khatuna Kvrivishvili, ka, ხათუნა ქვრივიშვილი) is a Georgian archer who immigrated to the United States.
She has used at least 3 different last names while competing ...
.
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1986 births
Living people
Colombian female archers
Olympic archers for Colombia
Archers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Medellín
Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
Pan American Games medalists in archery
Archers at the 2015 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia
Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia
South American Games medalists in archery
Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
Competitors at the 2022 South American Games
Archers at the 2019 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in archery
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
21st-century Colombian women