Nuno Pombo (born 20 April 1978) is a Portuguese athlete 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

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Pombo finished his ranking round with a total of 650 points, which gave him the 42nd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

Yusuf Ergin Yusuf Göktuğ Ergin (born 12 September 1984) is an athlete from Turkey, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ergin finished his ranking round with a total of 660 points, which gave him the 23rd ...

in the first round. With 106-103 Ergin was the winner of the confrontation and Pombo was eliminated. Ergin would lose in the following round against

Lee Chang-Hwan Lee Chang-hwan (; born 16 March 1982) is a professional archer from South Korea. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a gold medal with the men's team consisting of himself, Im Dong-hyun, Jang Yong-ho and Park ...

.Athlete biography: Nuno Pombo
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 19 2008

References

1978 births Living people Portuguese male archers Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Portugal S.L. Benfica (archery) {{Portugal-archery-bio-stub