is a Japanese

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of South Korean descent who won a bronze medal in the women's team event at the

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Early and personal life

Hayakawa was born Um Hye-ryeon (

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in South Korea. She competed in archery in high school and was later a member of a professional team, though she never qualified for the South Korean national team. Hayakawa became a Japanese citizen in 2007 having left South Korea to study on an archery scholarship, enrolling at the Nippon Sport Science University. Ren has an older sister, Nami who is also an Olympic archer and competed in the

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Career

In 2011 Hayakawa was selected to be a member of the Japanese Olympic squad for the

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. She became the second person in her family to compete at the Olympics after her sister Nami Hayakawa, who had previously competed for Japan in archery at the

. In London, Hayakawa and teammates Kaori Kawanaka and Miki Kanie advanced to the bronze medal match of the women's team event, where they defeated Russia by two

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to earn Japan's first Olympic medal in team archery. She also competed in the women's individual event, losing in the third round to South Korea's

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. Hayakawa later won bronze in the women's team recurve competition at the

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alongside Kawanaka and Yuki Hayashi. Hayakawa was the face of

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's Spring Summer 2021 Campaign directed by Japanese photographer, Monika Mogi.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayakawa, Ren Japanese female archers Japanese people of Korean descent Living people 1987 births Olympic archers of Japan Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Naturalized citizens of Japan Asian Games medalists in archery Archers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games South Korean emigrants to Japan Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics