Jens Pieper (born February 9, 1968, in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

) is an athlete 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 ...

, who competes in

archery 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 ...

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

Pieper finished his ranking round with a total of 648 points, which gave him the 45th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

Oleksandr Serdyuk Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Serdyuk ( uk, Олександр Олексійович Сердюк; born 3 July 1978) is an athlete from Ukraine. He competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Serdyuk competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men' ...

in the first round. Serdyuk won the match by 107-105 and Pieper was eliminated. Serdyuk would lose in the next round against

Rafał Dobrowolski Rafał Dobrowolski (born 27 December 1983 in Kielce) is an athlete from Poland, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Dobrowolski finished his ranking round with a total of 667 points, which gave h ...

.Athlete biography: Jens Pieper
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 19 2008

References

1968 births Living people German male archers Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Germany Sportspeople from Braunschweig {{Germany-archery-bio-stub