Najmeh Abtin ( fa, نجمه آبتین , born August 12, 1982 in

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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 ...

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Abtin finished her ranking round with a total of 568 points. This gave her the 60th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Kwon Un-Sil in the first round. The archer from

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was too strong and won the confrontation with 106-96, eliminating Abtin straight away.Athlete biography: Najmeh Abtin
, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008

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