Guendalina Sartori (born 8 August 1988) is an

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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 ...

. A gold medalist at the

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and the

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, she competed in the

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, finishing in fourth in the women's team event.

Early and personal life

Guendalina Sartori was born on 8 August 1988 in

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in the northern Italian province of

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. She is a member of the

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. Following her fourth-placed finish at the 2016 Olympics with

Lucilla Boari Lucilla Boari (born 24 March 1997) is an Italian Recurve bow, recurve archery, archer who has represented Italy at the Summer Olympics, Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She has additionally competed for her coun ...

and Claudia Mandia, the publication of a story in Italian newspaper ''QS Quotidiano Sportivo'' in which the trio were described as "chubby" ignited controversy in Italy which led to the dismissal of the newspaper's editor.

Career

Sartori first took up archery in 2000. She won gold medal in the women's team event at the

2011 World Archery Championships The 2011 World Archery Championships was the 46th edition of the event. It was held in Turin, Italy on 2–10 July 2011 and was organized by International Archery Federation (FITA). The event was contested in two different areas. The preliminary ...

with

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 ...

and

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, but the following year narrowly missed out on selection for the

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, ultimately acting as the reserve archer for the Italian team. Sartori had a doubly successful competition at the

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, combining with

and Claudia Mandia in the women's team event to defeat Spain to win the gold medal, before defeating Valeeva and Spain's Mirene Exteberria to win the women's individual title the following day. Another women's team title followed in 2015 at the inaugural European Games in

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, Sartori partnering with Valeeva and

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 ...

to win the gold medal over Belarus. ;2016 Summer Olympics Sartori was a member of the Italian team that won three qualification spots at the

at the final qualification tournament held in conjunction with the third stage of the

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, defeating Chinese Taipei to enter both the women's individual and team Olympics events. Sartori was selected as the team's captain for her Olympic debut following the retirement of six-time Olympian Valeeva, joining fellow debutants

and Claudia Mandia in

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. Sartori was most successful in the women's team event, where she, Mandia, and Tonetta progressed to the semi-finals before losing to Russia and then Chinese Taipei in the bronze medal match. The fourth-place finish represented Italy's highest ever placing achieved in a women's Olympic archery event. Sartori did not advance far in the women's individual tournament, defeating Colombia's Carolina Aguirre in the opening elimination round before losing to India's

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in the second round.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sartori, Guendalina 1988 births Living people Italian female archers Archers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in archery European Games gold medalists for Italy World Archery Championships medalists Olympic archers for Italy Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in archery 21st-century Italian women