Sara José López Bueno (born 24 April 1995), is a Colombian athlete who competes in compound

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. She first competed for the

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n national team in 2011 Pre-Olympic event in Medellin, Colombia. She won medals at several editions of the World Games. At the

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in 2013, she qualified for the final. She rose to her highest

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of 3 in 2013, and her major achievements include winning the 2014 Archery World Cup. As well as competing internationally in archery, she is a medical student. López is the current world record holder for a 15-arrow round and other 10 world records, having become the first woman to shoot a perfect 150 at stage 3 of the

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.Sara Lopez Makes Archery History at Columbia World Cup
/ref> In 2020, she won the inaugural Lockdown Knockout tournament organised by World Archery. In the final she defeated Anders Faugstad of Norway. She won the 2021 Athlete of the Year award by World Archery Americas in the compound women category. She won the silver medal in the women's compound event at the

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held in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. López and Daniel Muñoz won the gold medal in the mixed team compound event.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Sara 1995 births Living people Colombian female archers World Archery Championships medalists World Games gold medalists for Colombia World Games silver medalists World Games bronze medalists World Games medalists in archery South American Games gold medalists for Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in archery Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Competitors at the 2022 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Archers at the 2019 Pan American Games Archers at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Pan American Games gold medalists in archery Pan American Games bronze medalists in archery Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Colombian sportswomen Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia Bolivarian Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2013 World Games Medalists at the 2017 World Games Medalists at the 2022 World Games