Jorge Jiménez (born 30 September 1967 in
San Salvador
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), is an athlete from
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
who competes in
compound archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...
. He won the
Archery World Cup in 2007, and achieved
number one ranking status in the same year.
In 2013, he
represented El Salvador at the
2013 World Games
The 2013 World Games (), the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4. It is the first edition of the World Games to be held in South America.
Host city allocation hi ...
in Cali, Colombia.
References
1967 births
Living people
Salvadoran male archers
World Archery Championships medalists
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for El Salvador
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for El Salvador
Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for El Salvador
Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in archery
Competitors at the 2013 World Games
21st-century Salvadoran people
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