Jennifer Germaine Dy Chan (born January 16, 1965) is a Filipino archer who has competed for the

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at the

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. She is a resident of

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Education

Chan attended the

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where she obtained a bachelor's degree in general science.

Career

Silliman University physical education instructor and Philippine national archery coach, Dionisio Flores encouraged Chan to take up archery. Before then, Chan was more into basketball and tennis but was convinced since she was told that archery is a sport she could play by herself. Chan trained for eight months before participating at the National Open which gave her a chance to compete in the

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. According to

World Archery World Archery (WA, formerly ''Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc'' (FITA)) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, a ...

, She took up archery in 1989 and debuted for her country in 1990. Chan first competed in the 1991 edition of the Southeast Asian Games though she didn't medal. At the

, Jennifer Chan competed in the women's individual event. She conceded a 143-160 defeat to a Turkish competitor in the first round and finish with a ranking of 59th out of 64 competitors. She then coached

Mark Javier Mark Pinili Javier is a professional archery, archer from the Philippines. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar but was defeated by the Korean Im Dong Hyun 113-104 in the 1/16 Elimination Round. During the 2006 Asian Gam ...

who competed in the Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal at the women’s individual compound event at the

2009 Southeast Asian Games The 2009 Southeast Asian Games (, Romanization of Lao, translit. Kila phoumipak asi taven oak siang tai 2009), officially known as the 25th Southeast Asian Games, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event hosted by Vientiane, Laos. This was the ...

winning 115-112 over Aung Ngeain. Her 2009 participation was supposed to be her last though she participated in the

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, and 2017 editions. She won a silver in women's individual in 2011 and a bronze in the women's team event in 2015. At the 2011 Archery World Cup in Shanghai, she was part of the Philippine team that won a bronze in the women's compound team event.

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Jennifer Chan
at the Kuala Lumpur 2017 Southeast Asian Games (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Jennifer Dy 1965 births Living people Filipino female archers Olympic archers for the Philippines Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Archers at the 1998 Asian Games Archers at the 2002 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in archery SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games