Elpida Romantzi (born July 17, 1981 in

Thessalonica Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area) and the capital city, capital of the geographic reg ...

) is an

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

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. She placed 34th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 624 at the

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. In the first round of elimination, she faced 11th-ranked

Bérengère Schuh Bérengère Schuh (born 13 June 1984 in Auxerre) is an athlete from France. She competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Schuh represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 31st in the women's individual ranking round with ...

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. Romantzi defeated Schuh, winning 151-143 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced Lee Sung Jin of

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, losing to the 2nd-ranked and eventual

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ist archer 166-146. Romantzi finished 31st in women's individual archery. Romantzi was also a member of the 5th-place Greek team in the women's team archery competition. At the

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Romantzi finished her ranking round with a total of 614 points. This gave her the 49th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced 16th seed

Zekiye Keskin Satir Zekiye is a Turkish given name for females. Notable people with the name include: *Zekiye Keskin Şatır (born 1976), Turkish archer *Zekiye Sultan Zekiye Sultan (; "''innocent, untainted''"; 12 January 1872 – 13 July 1950) was an Ottoman pri ...

in the first round, beating the archer from

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with 105-103. In the second round she was too strong for Kristine Esebua after both archers scored 102 points in the regular match and a 10-9 score in the decisive extra round. Romantzi was eliminated in the third round by first seed Park Sung-hyun with 115-103, with the 115 being a new Olympic Record.Athlete biography: Elpida Romantzi
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008

References

* 1981 births Living people Greek female archers Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Greece Sportspeople from Thessaloniki 21st-century Greek sportswomen {{Greece-archery-bio-stub