An Qixuan (; born 3 December 2000) is a Chinese

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competing in women's recurve events. She competed at the

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and subsequently won a silver medal.

Career

She was runner-up in her debut World Cup appearance in

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, in 2018. In 2019, she finished fourth in the Archery World Cup Final. However, after that she was unable to compete internationally for four years as the Chinese team didn’t travel abroad due to the

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. After her return to international competition, she won an individual gold medal in the recurve competitions at the third leg of the 2023 Asia Cup in

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. In October 2023, she was a silver medalist in the team event at the delayed

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. In November 2023. She was a silver medalist in the team event at the

2023 Asian Archery Championships The 2023 Asian Archery Championships were the 23rd edition of the championships, and was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 5 November to 9 November 2023. Medal summary Recurve Compound Medal table References External links Bangkok 2023 Asia ...

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. She was part of the Chinese women’s recurve team that won the World Cup recurve women's team final in Shanghai in April 2024. They then also won the Archery World Cup 2024 event in

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, Republic of Korea in May 2024. Her Chinese women's team earned qualification for the 2024 Summer Games at the final qualifier in

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, Türkiye in June 2023. She was subsequently named in their team for the

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* Living people 2000 births People from Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture Sportspeople from Xinjiang Chinese female archers Olympic archers for China Archers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Chinese sportswomen Olympic medalists in archery Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Archers at the 2022 Asian Games {{PRChina-archery-bio-stub