Romain Girouille (born 26 April 1988 in

Saint-Doulchard Saint-Doulchard () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It is on the outskirts of Bourges. History In Roman times, it was named Ampeliacum, which literally means "the vineyard hillsides", where they ...

) is an athlete from

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who competes in

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2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Girouille finished his ranking round with a total of 641 points, which gave him the 51st seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

Sky Kim Ha-Neul "Sky" Kim (born 24 November 1982) is an Australian Olympic archer. Personal Sky's full name is Ha-Neul "Sky" Kim. He is originally from South Korea, and was born in Daegu, Daegu, South Korea on 24 November 1982. He moved to Australia ...

in the first round. Kim won the match by 112–110 and Girouille was eliminated. Kim would lose in the next round against

Jacek Proć Jacek Proć (born 9 September 1981 in Legnica) is an archer from Poland. Proć competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination by Yavor Hristov and placed 55th overall. 2008 Sum ...

.Athlete biography: Romain Girouille
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 19 2008 On 5 April 2009 Girouille defeated Canadian

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in the final of the first round of the 2009 World Cup by a score of 112–107. He qualified for the final, and finished third.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Girouille competed in both the men's individual and men's team events. In the individual event, he finished in 9th after the ranking round, before losing to

Nay Myo Aung Nay Myo Aung (born 19 July 1986) is an athlete from Myanmar, who competes in archery. 2012 Summer Olympics At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London Nay finished his ranking round with a total of 646 points, which made him the 56th seed for the ...

in the first knockout round. The French team made it to the quarterfinals of the team event.

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* 1988 births Living people French male archers Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic archers of France Sportspeople from Cher (department) Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in archery Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games 21st-century French people {{France-archery-bio-stub