Chen Ling (; born June 16, 1987 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) is a female archer from the People's Republic of China.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chen finished her ranking round with a total of 645 points. This gave her the 15th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced

Evangelia Psarra Evangelia Psarra ( el, Ευαγγελία Ψάρρα; born June 17, 1974 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek archer who has competed at the Summer Olympics six times from 2000 to 2020. Career At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Psarra entered the women's competi ...

in the first round, beating the archer from Greece with 110-101. In the second round she had a tough job beating

Katsiarina Muliuk Yekaterina Nikolayevna Mulyuk-Timofeyeva or Katsiaryna Mikalayeuna Muliuk ( be, Кацярына Мікалаеўна Мулюк; russian: Екатерина Николаевна Мулюк-Тимофеева; born 13 November 1976) is a Belarusia ...

with only one point difference (106-105). She was unable to qualify for the quarter finals due to a loss against South Korean Yun Ok-Hee who won the third round match with 113-103.Athlete biography: Chen Ling
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 20 2008 Together with Guo Dan and

Zhang Juanjuan Zhang Juanjuan (; born January 2, 1981 in Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China) is an archer from the People's Republic of China. Early and personal life Zhang was born on 2 January 1982 in the Chinese city of Qingdao in Shandong Pro ...

, Chen also took part in the team event. With her 645 score from the ranking round combined with the 636 of Guo and the 635 of Zhang the Chinese team was in third position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals. With 211-206 they were too strong for the Indian team. In the semi final against Great Britain they scored 208 points with the British scoring 202, securing their final spot. Opponent South Korea came with a strong 224 points performance, resulting in the silver medal for China, as 215 points was not enough to claim the gold.

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Pictures of Chen Ling during the Beijing Olympics
* 1987 births Living people Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Chinese female archers Olympic archers of China Olympic silver medalists for China People from Zhenjiang Olympic medalists in archery Sportspeople from Jiangsu Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{PRChina-archery-bio-stub