Zhang Juanjuan (; born January 2, 1981 in
Qingdao,
Shandong,
People's Republic of China
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) is an
archer
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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 Province.
Before taking up archery Zhang trained in shot put, javelin and discus.
She married in 2009 and had a child in 2010. As of 2015 she worked as the deputy director of an archery centre in her native Qingdao.
Records and world competition
2004 Summer Olympics
Zhang represented China at the
2004 Summer Olympics. She was placed 5th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 663. In the first round of elimination, she faced 60th-ranked
Aurore Trayan of France. Zhang defeated Trayan 135-122 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 28th-ranked Polish archer
Iwona Marcinkiewicz
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Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.
For her ...
. Zhang won the match 166-157 in the regulation 18 arrows, advancing to the round of 16. She then lost to 21st-ranked and eventual
bronze medalist
Alison Williamson of Great Britain 165-161, finishing 10th in women's individual archery.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, Zhang finished her ranking round with a total of 635 points. This gave her the 27th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced
Tetyana Berezhna in the first round, beating the archer from
Ukraine
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109-97. In the second round Zhang defeated 6th seed
Yuan Shu Chi 110-105, and advanced to the quarter finals after a 110-98 victory against 11th seed
Natalia Erdyniyeva
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. There she beat
Joo Hyun-Jung 106-101. In the semi-final she upset another South Korean
Yun Ok-Hee
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with 115-109. The 115 points matched the newly set Olympic Record by
Park Sung-hyun earlier that day. Park turned out to be Zhang's opponent in the final and in a close match, the lead switching back and forth, Zhang eventually won the gold in a 110-109 match, becoming that first non-Korean to win the event since
Keto Losaberidze
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Career
She competed for the Soviet Union
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at the
1980 Summer Olympics.
Together with
Chen Ling
Chen Ling (; born June 16, 1987 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) is a female archer from the People's Republic of China.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chen finished her ranking round with a total of 645 points. This gave ...
and
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* Guo Dan (archer)
* Guo Dan (speed skater)
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, she also took part in the team event. With her 635 score from the ranking round combined with the 645 of Chen and the 636 of Guo the Chinese team was in third position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals, where they defeated the Indian team 211-206. In the semi-final against Great Britain they scored 208 points against the British 202, securing their spot in the final. They faced South Korea, who won gold with a strong 224 points performance, and China, with 215 points, claimed silver.
Asian Games
She competed at the
2002 Asian Games, where she won a bronze medal in the team event, and at the
2006 Asian Games
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where she won a silver medal in the same event.
2015 "Mission Impossible" challenge
Zhang was invited to
Nanjing
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as one of the seven best archers from around the world, to appear on a first-ever popular Chinese television program to feature an archery competition. The show, which aired on
Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation
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on 22 February 2015, was seen by 250 million Chinese viewers. Another finalist was Austrian archer,
Peter O. Stecher. The challenge was to shoot arrows at falling rings.
In the end, Zhang shot to a draw with Stecher, each hitting seven falling rings out of fifteen opportunities.
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1981 births
Living people
Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Chinese female archers
Olympic archers of China
Olympic gold medalists for China
Olympic silver medalists for China
Sportspeople from Qingdao
Olympic medalists in archery
Asian Games medalists in archery
Archers at the 2002 Asian Games
Archers at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games