Louise Laursen (born 27 June 1988 in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

) is an athlete from Denmark who competes in

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London Laursen defeated Canada’s Marie-Pier Beaudet 7-3, but was defeated by American Khatuna Lorig 4-6.Athlete biography: Louise Laursen
, ret: Aug, 2 2012 At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing Laursen finished her ranking round with a total of 605 points. This gave her the 52nd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Malgorzata Cwienczek in the first round. The archer from Poland was too strong for Laursen and won the confrontation with 113-100, eliminating her straight away.Athlete biography: Louise Laursen
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008

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1988 births Living people Olympic archers for Denmark Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Danish female archers Sportspeople from Aarhus 21st-century Danish women {{Denmark-archery-bio-stub