Jacek Proć (born 9 September 1981 in

Legnica Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 19 ...

) 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 mo ...

from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

. Proć competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination by Yavor Hristov and placed 55th overall.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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Proć finished his ranking round with a total of 661 points. This gave him the 19th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Li Wenquan in the first round, beating the Chinese 116-111. In the second round Proć won by only one point difference (111-110) against

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and faced

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in the third round. With 114-108 Ruban was too strong and he eventually became the Olympic Champion.Athlete biography: Jacek Proc
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008 Together with Piotr Piątek and

Rafał Dobrowolski Rafał Dobrowolski (born 27 December 1983 in Kielce) is an athlete from Poland, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Dobrowolski finished his ranking round with a total of 667 points, which gave hi ...

he also took part in the team event. With his 661 score from the ranking round combined with the 649 of Piątek and the 667 of Dobrowolski the Polish were in eighth position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the Australian team, but they were not capable enough to beat

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in the quarter finals.

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1981 births Living people Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers of Poland Polish male archers People from Legnica Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-archery-bio-stub