Leidys Brito (born July 5, 1984) is an athlete from

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who competes in

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2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Brito finished her ranking round with a total of 628 points. This gave her the 36th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced

Wu Hui-Ju Wu Hui-ju (; born 12 November 1982 in Tainan) is an athlete from Republic of China. She competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Wu represented the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 10th in ...

in the first round, beating the archer from

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104–98. In the second round she was unable to beat fourth seed

Khatuna Narimanidze Khatuna Narimanidze ( ka, ხათუნა ნარიმანიძე; born 2 February 1974) is an athlete from Georgia. She competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Narimanidze represented Georgia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed ...

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who won the confrontation with 111–98.Athlete biography: Leidys Brito
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2012 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Brito finished the ranking round with 634 points, and drew

Cheng Ming Cheng Ming (; born February 11, 1986, in Jilin City, China) is a Chinese archer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed for her country in the Women's team event, where China won the silver medal, and the individual event, reach ...

in the first knockout round. She lost to Cheng, who was the eventual silver medallist.

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* 1984 births Living people Olympic archers for Venezuela Archers at the 2007 Pan American Games Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2011 Pan American Games Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Venezuelan female archers Archers at the 2015 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in archery Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in archery Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela People from Maturín Sportspeople from Monagas Archers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Venezuelan women {{Venezuela-archery-bio-stub