Shamoli Ray (born April 5, 1994) is a Bangladeshi competitive

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. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, she competed as a lone archer for the Bangladeshi team in the women's individual recurve through a tripartite invitation. There, Ray discharged a score of 600 points, 7 perfect tens, and 4 bull's eyes to take the fiftieth spot in the classification stage, before she challenged her opening round bout against the twelfth-seeded Mexican archer

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, which abruptly ended her Olympic debut in a severe 0–6 defeat.

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* 1994 births Living people Bangladeshi female archers Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh Archers at the 2014 Asian Games Olympic archers for Bangladesh Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in archery Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Bangladesh Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Sportspeople from Khulna Division People from Khulna District People from Narail District Bangladeshi Hindus {{Bangladesh-archery-bio-stub