Yuan Shu-chi (; born 9 November 1984 in

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) is an athlete from the

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. She competes in

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2004 Summer Olympics

Yuan represented the Republic of China (as

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) at the

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. She was placed 6th in the women's individual ranking round, with a 72-arrow score of 658. In the first elimination round, she faced 59th-ranked

Kateryna Palekha Kateryna Borysivna Palekha ( uk, Катерина Борисівна Палеха; born 20 September 1980) is an athlete from Ukraine. She competes in archery. Palekha represented Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 20 ...

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. Yuan defeated Palekha 162–158 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 27th-ranked

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archer Małgorzata Sobieraj, defeating her 158–149. Yuan then defeated 43rd-ranked

Reena Kumari Reena Kumari (born 15 January 1984) is an athlete from India who competes in archery. Kumari represented India at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 43rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 620. In the first roun ...

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166–148, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Yuan faced

Yun Mi-jin Yun Mi-jin (윤미진; born April 30, 1983) is an archer from South Korea who has won three Olympic gold medals and is a former world number one. She holds the Olympic record for a women's 18-arrow match, at 173 out o ...

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, defeating the 3rd-ranked archer 107–105 in the 12-arrow match to end the Korean team's hopes of sweeping the medals. Yuan advanced to the semifinals, where she was defeated by Korean

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104–98, moving Yuan to the bronze medal match. In the final 12-arrow match, she lost by one point to 21st-ranked

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, finishing just out of the medals at 4th place in women's individual archery. Yuan was also a member of the team that won the

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for Chinese Taipei in the women's team archery competition.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, Yuan finished her ranking round with a total of 652 points. This gave her the sixth seed for the final competition bracket, in which she faced

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104–101. In the second round, Yuan was surprised by 27th seed and local

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favourite

Zhang Juanjuan Zhang Juanjuan (; born January 2, 1981 in Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China) is an archer from the People's Republic of China. Early and personal life Zhang was born on 2 January 1982 in the Chinese city of Qingdao in Shandong P ...

with the Chinese winning the match 110–105. Zhang would eventually go on to win gold in the tournament.Athlete biography: Yuan Shu Chi
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008 Together with Wu Hui-ju and Wei Pi-hsiu she also took part in the team event. With her 652 score from the ranking round combined with the 634 of Wu and the 585 of Wei the Chinese Taipei team was in eighth position after the ranking round. In the first round they faced the

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team, but were unable to beat them. Italy advanced to the quarter finals with a 215–211 score.

Asian Games

She also competed in the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

, where she won a gold medal in the individual event and a silver medal in the team event, and in the

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where she won a bronze medal in the team event.

References

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