Chen Ling (; born June 16, 1987 in

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) is a female

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 ...

from the

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2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, Chen finished her ranking round with a total of 645 points. This gave her the 15th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced

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in the first round, beating the archer from

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with 110-101. In the second round she had a tough competition beating Katsiarina Muliuk with only one point difference (106-105). She was unable to qualify for the quarter-finals due to a loss against South Korean

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who won the third round match with 113-103.Athlete biography: Chen Ling
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 20 2008 Together with Guo Dan and

Zhang Juanjuan Zhang Juanjuan (; born January 2, 1981, in Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China) is an archery, archer from the People's Republic of China. Early and personal life Zhang was born on 2 January 1982 in the Chinese city of Qingdao in Shan ...

, Chen also took part in the team event. With her 645 score from the ranking round combined with the 636 of Guo and the 635 of Zhang the Chinese team was in third position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter-finals. With 211-206 they were too strong for the

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n team. In the semi-final against

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they scored 208 points with the British scoring 202, securing their final spot. Opponent

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came with a strong 224 points performance, resulting in the silver medal for China, as 215 points was not enough to claim the gold.

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