Andrey Viktorovich Abramov (; born 3 July 1984 in

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) is an athlete from

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, who competes in

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2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Abramov finished his ranking round with a total of 660 points, which gave him the 25th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Butch Johnson in the first round. Both archers came to a score of 109 points in the regular match. In the extra round that was needed to create a decision Abramov scored 25 points, but Johnson came to 26 points and went through to the next round.Athlete biography: Andrey Abramov
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 19 2008 Together with

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 ...

and

Balzhinima Tsyrempilov Balzhinima Tsyrenzhapovich Tsyrempilov (, ''Balzhinimá Tsyrenzhápovich Tsyrempílov'', born April 9, 1975, in Ulekchin, Zakamensky District, Buryatia) is a World Cup-winning and former world number one Buryat archer from Russia. 2004 Summe ...

he also took part in the team event. With his 660 score from the ranking round combined with the 658 of Badënov and the 671 of Tsyrempilov Russia was in fourth position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals. However, with 217-209 they were beaten by the team from

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that eventually won the bronze medal.

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