Xue Haifeng (, born January 13, 1980, in

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) is an

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from the

2004 Summer Olympics

Xue competed for China at the

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in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was again victorious and advanced to the round of 16. The third match was Xue's downfall, as he lost to

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of the

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. Xue placed 12th overall.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Xue finished his ranking round with a total of 663 points. This gave him the 18th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

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in the first round. Lyon was only the 47th seed, but managed to score 111 points, while Xue only scored 106. Lyon would eventually advance to the third round where he was beaten by

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.Athlete biography: Xue Hai Feng
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008 Together with

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and Jiang Lin he also took part in the team event. With his 663 score from the ranking round combined with the 646 of Li and the 632 of Jiang the Chinese were in 12th and last position after the ranking round. However, in the first round they were too strong for the

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team 214-210. They advanced to the semi-final by eliminating

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217-209, but lost against

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221-218. In the bronze medal match China was too strong for the team from

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, beating them 222-219 to claim the bronze.

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