Juan René Serrano Gutiérrez (born 23 February 1984) is a Mexican

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 ...

. Serrano competed at the

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in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated. His final rank was 20th overall. Serrano was also a member of the 12th-place Mexican men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Rene Serrano won 3rd place at the Archery World Cup in Turkey – Antalya 2007. Rene Serrano Won 2nd place overall in the 2007 Archery World Cup Final held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He defeated Alan Wills in the semi-finals but lost to Baljinima Tsyrempilov in the finals.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Serrano finished his ranking round with a total of 679 points, the highest score, one point in front of

Mangal Singh Champia Mangal Singh Champia (born 9 November 1983) is an Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several international events, including the 2006 Asian Games. He was conferred with the Arjuna award by the President of India for ...

and

Viktor Ruban Viktor Hennadiyovych Ruban (; born 24 May 1981 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Archery at the Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medal winning former World Archery Rankings#Number one ranked archers, world ...

. This gave him the first seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Joseph Muaausa in the first round, beating the

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n 116–88. In the second round Serrano was too strong for Daniel Morillo (112–111) and via Maksim Kunda (110–106) in the third round he advanced to the quarter-finals. There he had no problem beating

Vic Wunderle Victor Steven "Vic" Wunderle (born March 4, 1976) is an archer from the United States. Biography Wunderle was raised in Mason City, Illinois, and is the son of the famous archery coach Terry Wunderle. His passion for archery started at the age ...

113–106. In the semi-final he came into trouble and was unable to win his match against

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n Park Kyung-Mo (112–115). In the bronze medal match he was not capable to recover from his defeat and

Bair Badënov Bair Badënov (, ''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 European champion in 1996. Participated in 1996 Olympics in A ...

took the medal with 115–110.

2011 Pan American Games

Serrano was named the

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for the

Mexico at the 2011 Pan American Games Mexico hosted the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Mexico has competed in every edition of the Pan American Games since the first games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mexico began their participation ha ...

.Serrano podría ser el abanderado Panamericano

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Serrano, Juan Rene 1984 births Living people Mexican male archers Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2007 Pan American Games Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2011 Pan American Games Archers at the 2015 Pan American Games Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Mexico Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games gold medalists in archery Pan American Games silver medalists in archery Pan American Games bronze medalists in archery Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Mexican sportsmen