Maksim Kunda (born August 1, 1989) is an athlete from

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, 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 ...

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Kunda finished his ranking round with a total of 646 points, which gave him the 48th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

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in the first round. Both archers scored 111 points and in the extra round Kunda eliminated the

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ese 19–18. In the second round he won the match 112–110 against

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and he faced

Juan René Serrano Juan René Serrano Gutiérrez (born 23 February 1984) is a Mexican archer. Serrano competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, ...

in the third round. Serrano was the winner of the ranking round and thus the first seed. With 110–106 Serrano would advance to the quarter-final.Athlete biography: Maksim Kunda
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 19 2008

References

1989 births Living people Belarusian male archers Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Belarus 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen {{Belarus-archery-bio-stub