Barbara Mensing (born 23 September 1960 in Herten,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

) 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 mo ...

from

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

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* 1960 births Living people People from Herten Sportspeople from Münster (region) German female archers Olympic archers of Germany Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Archery Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Germany-archery-bio-stub