Damla Günay (born 24 November 1982) is a Turkish

archer 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 modern ...

. Günay represented Turkey at the

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. She placed 42nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 620. In the first round of elimination, she faced 23rd-ranked Anja Hitzler of

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. Günay lost 163-152 in the 18-arrow match, placing 38th overall in women's individual archery. She was also a member of the 10th-place Turkish women's archery team.Olympic results
Günay participated at the

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ranking 14th in the women's individual category. With the Turkish team, she won silver medal.

International achievements

* 2004,

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- Indoors European Championship: 8th. * 2004, Italy - Grand Prix: 26th. * 2004,

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- European Championship: 5th (the qualifier for 2004 Summer Olympics) * 2004,

- Grand Prix: 53rd.

References

1982 births Living people Turkish female archers Olympic archers for Turkey Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in archery 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-archery-bio-stub