He Ying (, born April 17, 1977 in Jilin) 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 the People's Republic of China who has competed at three Summer Olympics.

Career

1996 Summer Olympics

In 1996 Atlanta Olympics He won the silver in the women's individual event. She competed again in

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in Sydney but did not win a medal.

2004 Summer Olympics

He achieved the second Olympic silver medal of her career at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the team event. With teammates

Lin Sang Lin Sang (; born August 17, 1977 in Putian, Fujian) is an archer from the People's Republic of China. Lin represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 11th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 647. In ...

and Zhang Juanjuan, He defeated Australia, Ukraine and Chinese Taipei in the elimination rounds before falling to South Korea in the gold medal match by a single match. He placed 4th in the individual ranking round with a score of 667. He went on to defeat Helen Palmer of Great Britain, Melissa Jennison of Australia and

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of South Africa in the first three rounds, her encounter with Jennison going to a final arrow shoot-off. In the quarterfinals, He faced eventual bronze medalist Alison Williamson of Great Britain. He was red carded for shooting out of turn, resulting in her highest scoring shot being declared void. She later missed the target entirely with her 10th shot, Williamson winning by a score of 109–89. The Chinese team officials planned to appeal against the result but failed to do so within the allowed time. Her final ranking in the individual competition was 8th.

Asian Games

He competed in the

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

where she won a gold medal in the team event and in the 1998 Asian Games where she won a silver medal in the team event.

Coaching career

She is the coach of Li Jiaman who won the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

girls' individual and mixed team gold.

References

External links

Profile on World Archery website
{{DEFAULTSORT:He, Ying 1977 births Living people Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Chinese female archers Olympic archers of China Olympic silver medalists for China People from Siping Olympic medalists in archery Asian Games medalists in archery Sportspeople from Jilin Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1994 Asian Games Archers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China World Archery Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games