Alexandra Feeney (born 3 July 1989 in Penrith) is an athlete from Australia who competes in

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...

. She was an

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics
The 2005 Italian Grand Prix may well be the watershed competition for Australia's female archers. After qualifying strongly Lexie Feeney won through her first round match but found it a little tougher going in the next round against Frigeri(ITA) who was supported by the home crowd. Despite this Lexie showed great composure and maturity to come away with a good win. Lexie shot against Mospinek (POL) for the top prize, but despite her best efforts wasn't able to match it with the Pole. The final result saw Lexie win the silver medal and become the Australian Institute or Sport Archery Program's first female international medal. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

in Beijing Feeney finished her ranking round with a total of 580 points. This gave her the 59th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced

Yuan Shu-Chi Yuan Shu-chi (; born 9 November 1984 in Nantou County) is an athlete from Chinese Taipei. She competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Yuan represented the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was ...

in the first round. The archer from

Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One China principle stipulated by the ...

was too strong and won the confrontation with 104–101, eliminating Feeney straight away.Athlete biography: Alexandra Feeney
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008 At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi Feeney finished her ranking round with a total of 625 points. Feeney progressed to the quarter finals in which she faced Deepika Kumari the top ranked archery from India. Feeney's final ranking for the Games was 8th.

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1989 births Living people Olympic archers for Australia Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Australian female archers Australian Institute of Sport archers People educated at Lake Ginninderra College 21st-century Australian sportswomen Archers from Sydney {{Australia-archery-bio-stub