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Elena Tonetta (born 8 June 1988 in
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) is an Italian
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 ...
. In 2005, she was the Junior European Champion, winning at
Silkeborg Silkeborg () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 52,571 (1 January 2025).Mérida (Mexico) in 2006. A year later she won the Italian National Championship in
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and in 2008 she got the bronze medal in the individual game at the European XI European and Mediterranean Indoor Archery Championships.


2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in
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Tonetta finished her ranking round with a total of 595 points. This gave her the 55th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced 10th seed
Ana Rendón Ana María Rendón Martínez (born March 10, 1986) is a Colombian Recurve bow, recurve Archery, archer. She has competed in the Olympic Games three times and is a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American Games. Career 2008 Summer Olympics At ...
in the first round. The archer from
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was too strong, but only after an extra round as both archers scored a 106 score in the regular match. In the extra round Rendón scored 10 points and Tonetta 9.Athlete biography: Elena Tonetta
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Together with
Natalia Valeeva Natalia Valeeva (born 15 November 1969 in Tîrnauca, Transnistria) is a naturalized Italian archer. She is a five-time Olympian and former world number one, and a native of Moldova, having represented the Unified Team, Moldova and Italy, at th ...
and Pia Carmen Lionetti she also took part in the team event. With her 595 score from the ranking round combined with the 634 of Valeeva and the 613 of Lionetti the Italian team was in 9th position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the team from
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, beating them 215–211. However, in the quarter-final they were eliminated by the eventual gold medalists from
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, despite a 217-point score. The Koreans managed to shoot a new world record of 231 points to advance to the semi-final.


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Italian National Ranking List

Official Web Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tonetta, Elena 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Rovereto Italian female archers Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Italy Archers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in archery European Games gold medalists for Italy 21st-century Italian sportswomen