Kwon Un-sil (born September 17, 1983 in

Hamhung Hamhŭng (''Hamhŭng-si''; ) is North Korea's second-largest List of cities in North Korea, city, and the capital of South Hamgyong, South Hamgyŏng Province. It has an estimated population of 768,551. Located in the southern part of the South Ham ...

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) is an athlete from

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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 in

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Kwon finished her ranking round with a total of 656 points. This gave her the 5th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced

Najmeh Abtin Najmeh Abtin ( fa, نجمه آبتین , born August 12, 1982 in Shiraz) is an Iranian archer. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Abtin finished her ranking round with a total of 568 points. This gave her the 60th seed for the final c ...

in the first round, beating the archer from

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with 106–96. In the second round she was too strong for

Pranitha Vardhineni Pranitha Vardhineni is an Indian Recurve Archer. Early years Pranitha Vardhineni was introduced to archery during her school years at thRural Development Foundations Kalleda Rural School in Warangal District, Telangana State, India. It was fr ...

with 106-99 and via Aida Román (105-100) she achieved her place in the quarter final. There she eliminated another

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with 105-99 to go on to the semi final. In the semi final Kwon was unable to beat first seed Park Sung-hyun who won the match 109–106. Kwon could still win the bronze medal against another

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Yun Ok-hee Yun Ok-hee (Korean: 윤옥희, Hanja: 尹玉姬, ; born 1 March 1985) is a South Korean archer, who won the gold medal in the team and a silver in the individual competition at the 2006 Asian Games and is a former world num ...

, but eventually lost again with 109-106 to finish just outside the medals.Athlete biography: Kwon Un Sil
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2012 Summer Olympics

Kwon qualified for the

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, but lost in the first round to

Natalia Valeeva Natalia Valeeva (born 15 November 1969 in Tîrnauca, Transnistria) is a naturalized Italian archer. She is a five-time Olympian and former world number one, and a native of Moldova, having represented the Unified Team, Moldova and Italy, at the ...

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