Sophie Dodemont (born August 30, 1973 in

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) is a archer from

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. At the

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Dodemont finished her ranking round with a total of 632 points. This gave her the 32nd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Anja Hitzler in the first round. Hitzler won the confrontation between the 32nd and 33rd seed with 107-106 and Dodemont was eliminated.Athlete biography: Sophie Dodemont
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 21 2008 Together with

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and

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she also took part in the team event. With her 632 score from the ranking round combined with the 645 of Schuh and the 626 of Arnold the French team was in fifth position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter-finals. With 218-211 they were too strong for the

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team. In the semi-final against

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they scored only 184 points with the Koreans scoring 213, missing out on the final. They recovered in the bronze medal match and won against

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203-201 to claim the bronze. Dodemont later converted to the compound discipline, achieving success including a team bronze medal at the

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and a team gold medal at the

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in Antalya, Turkey. She won the silver medal in the women's individual compound event at the

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held in Munich, Germany.

References

External links

Athlete bio at official Olympics site
1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Oise French female archers Olympic archers for France Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Archery Championships medalists Archers at the 2019 European Games Archers at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in archery European Games bronze medalists for France 20th-century French women 21st-century French women {{France-archery-bio-stub