Karina Winter (born 14 January 1986), 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 recurve

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 ...

and has represented

at numerous international

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competitions. She won the individual gold medal at the

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, and achieved a career high

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of 12 in 2013. In 2015, she won the

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at the first

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, Karina 1986 births Living people German female archers Archers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in archery European Games gold medalists for Germany 21st-century German women