Sumangala Sharma (born 30 December 1986) is an athlete from
India
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. She competes in
archery
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.
Sharma represented India at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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.
She placed 20th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 638. In the first round of elimination, she faced 45th-ranked
Chen Li Ju of
Chinese Taipei
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Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...
. Sharma defeated Chen, winning 142-133 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced
Kirstin Jean Lewis
Kirstin Jean Lewis (born 1975) is a South African archer. She represented South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
In 2004, she placed 52nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 606. In the first round ...
of
South Africa
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, losing to the 52nd-ranked archer 157-153 in the regulation 18 arrows. Bolotova finished 24th in women's individual archery.
Sharma was also a member of the 8th-place Indian women's archery team.
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Indian archers geared up for all contingencies
1986 births
Living people
Olympic archers for India
Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh
Indian female archers
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
Archers from Uttar Pradesh
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