is a Japanese

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 ...

who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Kawanaka won a bronze medal at the

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in the women's team event with teammates

Ren Hayakawa is a Japanese archer of South Korean descent who won a bronze medal in the women's team event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Early and personal life Hayakawa was born Um Hye-ryeon (hanja:) in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province in South Korea. She c ...

and Miki Kanie. Their success, which came after a narrow victory over Russia in the third-place match, marked the first Olympic medal for Japan in team archery. Kawanaka was less successful in the women's individual event, losing in the opening elimination round. Kawanaka has contested the Asian Games twice. She was the flagbearer for the Japanese team at the

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of the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, and later won bronze in the women's team recurve competition with Hayakawa and Yuki Hayashi. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, she again competed in the individual and team events, reaching the second round in the individual event, and the quarterfinal in the women's team event.

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