Anastassiya Bannova (born 26 February 1989) is an

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

from

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. Bannova represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She placed 35th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 628. In the first round of elimination, she faced 30th-ranked

Natalia Valeeva Natalia Valeeva (born 15 November 1969 in Tîrnauca, Transnistria) is a naturalized Italian archer. She is a five-time Olympian and former world number one, and a native of Moldova, having represented the Unified Team, Moldova and Italy, at the ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. Bannova was defeated by Valeeva, losing 105–107 in the 18-arrow match, failing to advance to the round of 32. In 2012, she was nominated to participate in the women's individual competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. At the London Olympics, she was ranked 54th after the qualifying round, before losing in the first elimination round to Aida Roman.

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* * * 1989 births Living people People from Oral, Kazakhstan Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani female archers Olympic archers of Kazakhstan Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Archers at the 2006 Asian Games Archers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan 21st-century Kazakhstani women {{Kazakhstan-archery-bio-stub