Bhutan sent a delegation to compete in the

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, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from 8–24 August 2008. This was Bhutan's seventh time participating in a

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. The delegation consisted of two archers,

Tashi Peljor Tashi Peljor (born 15 July 1978) is a Bhutanese archer. Peljor is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program. 2004 Summer Olympics Peljor competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. Ranked as number 52, he mana ...

and

Dorji Dema Dorji Dema (born October 16, 1983) is an athlete from Bhutan who competes in archery. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It i ...

. Neither was able to win their first round match.

Background

The

Bhutan Olympic Committee The Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) was created on 23 November 1983 with the 4th Druk Gyalpo, King of Bhutan as its President, with its headquarters at Thimphu, Bhutan. Following this recognition, Bhutan participated for the first time in the 1984 ...

was recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1982. The Kingdom first participated in the

at the

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, and have taken part in every Summer Olympics since then, making Beijing their seventh appearance in a Summer Olympiad. They have never participated in a Winter Olympic Games. The 2008 Summer Olympics were held from 8–24 August 2008; a total of 10,942 athletes represented 204 National Olympic Committees. The Bhutanese delegation consisted of two archers, Tashi Peljor and Dorji Dema. Peljor was the flag bearer for the

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and the

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Archery

Bhutan sent archers to the Olympics for the seventh time. The Tripartite Commission awards universality places, including three of each gender for archery to nations not otherwise qualified; they awarded Bhutan one of its invitation spots in each of the men's and women's competitions. Bhutan's competitors were

in the men's individual and

in the women's individual. Peljor was 30 years old at the time of the Beijing Olympics, and had previously represented

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. In the ranking round of the men's individual competition he scored 632 points and earned himself the 54th seed. In the first round of the knockout phase, he lost 110–100 to

Wang Cheng-pang Wang Cheng-pang (; born 12 January 1987) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei. 2004 Summer Olympics Wang competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individua ...

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. The gold medal was eventually won by Viktor Ruban of Ukraine, the silver medal was earned by

Park Kyung-mo Park Kyung-mo (; born August 15, 1975) is an archer from South Korea. He has won gold medals at the three major World Archery Federation events ( Olympics, World Archery Championships and World Cup finals) and is a former ...

of South Korea, and the bronze was won by

Bair Badënov Bair Badënov (russian: Баи́р Доржи́евич Бадёнов, ''Baír Dorzhíyevich Badyónov'', ; born June 28, 1976, in Zugalay, now Zabaykalsky Krai) is a Russian archer. Badënov was a World Champion among Youth in 1993, a Europe ...

of Russia. Dema was 24 years old at the time of these Olympics and was making her Olympic debut. In the ranking round of the women's individual, she scored 567 points and slotted herself into the 61st seed. In the first knockout round, she lost, 109–107, to Khatuna Narimanidze of Georgia. The gold medal was eventually won by

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 ...

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, the silver was taken by Park Sung-hyun of South Korea, and the bronze by her fellow South Korean

Yun Ok-hee Yun Ok-hee (Korean: 윤옥희, Hanja: 尹玉姬, ; born 1 March 1985) is a South Korean archer, who won the gold medal in the team and a silver in the individual competition at the 2006 Asian Games and is a former world num ...

References

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Sport in Bhutan

Background

Archery

See also

References