Juan René Serrano Gutiérrez (born 23 February 1984 in

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) is an athlete from Mexico. He competes in

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. Serrano competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated. His final rank was 20th overall. Serrano was also a member of the 12th-place Mexican men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Rene Serrano won 3rd place at the Archery World Cup in Turkey – Antalya 2007. Rene Serrano Won 2nd place overall in the 2007 Archery World Cup Final held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He defeated

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in the semi-finals but lost to Baljinima Tsyrempilov in the finals.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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in Beijing, Serrano finished his ranking round with a total of 679 points, the highest score, one point in front of Mangal Singh Champia and Viktor Ruban. This gave him the first seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Joseph Muaausa in the first round, beating the Samoan 116–88. In the second round Serrano was too strong for

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(112–111) and via

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(110–106) in the third round he advanced to the quarter finals. There he had no problem beating

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113–106. In the semi final he came into trouble and was unable to win his match against South Korean

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(112–115). In the bronze medal match he was not capable to recover from his defeat and

Bair Badënov Bair Badënov (russian: Баи́р Доржи́евич Бадёнов, ''Baír Dorzhíyevich Badyónov'', ; born June 28, 1976, in Zugalay, now Zabaykalsky Krai) is a Russian archer. Badënov was a World Champion among Youth in 1993, a Europe ...

took the medal with 115–110.

2011 Pan American Games

Serrano was named the flag bearer for the Mexico at the 2011 Pan American Games.Serrano podría ser el abanderado Panamericano

Individual performance timeline

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Serrano, Juan Rene 1984 births Living people Mexican male archers Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2007 Pan American Games Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2011 Pan American Games Archers at the 2015 Pan American Games Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic archers of Mexico Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games