Wang Yan (archer)

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Wang Yan
Personal information
Born (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 25)
Jiangsu, China [1]
Sport
CountryChina
Sport Archery
Event Recurve
Medal record
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Rhine-Ruhr Mixed team

Wang Yan (born 12 February 2000) is a Chinese archer competing in recurve events. He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [2]

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Career

He competed for China at the Archery World Cup stage 3 event in Antalya in June 2024. They reached the semi finals before ultimately winning their bronze medal match. [3]

He competed for China at the Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Men's team event. [4] They reached the semi final with a win over Taiwan. [5] Following that, the team had consecutive defeats to South Korea in the semi final and Turkey in the bronze medal match, to place fourth overall. [6]

References

  1. ↑ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/yan-wang_1913369
  2. ↑ "Wang Yan". Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Blakeway, Iwan (20 June 2024). "Double header of France vs Korea for recurve team finals in Antalya". World Archery. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Paris 2024 Archery Preview: Powerhouse S. Korea to face strong challenges". news.cn. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Tanwan's Wu Shih-yi makes boxing quarters". Taipei Times. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "South Korea men's team defend archery title, France achieve historic best". news.cn. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.


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