Michael Naray (born 3 August 1970 in Sydney, Australia) is an

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competitor for

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representing Australia. He was an

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scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics
At the

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in Beijing, Naray finished his ranking round with a total of 658 points. This gave him the 30th seed for the final competition bracket, in which he faced

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(115-105), and eventually won the gold medal.Athlete biography: Michael Naray
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008 Together with

Sky Kim Ha-Neul "Sky" Kim (born 24 November 1982) is an Australian Olympic archer. Personal Sky's full name is Ha-Neul "Sky" Kim. He is originally from South Korea, and was born in Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea on 24 November 1982. He ...

and Matthew Gray he also took part in the team event. With his 658 score from the ranking round combined with the 666 of Kim and the 654 of Gray, the Australians were in 9th position after the ranking round. In the first round they defeated eight seed Poland (223-218, the Poles had set the Olympic record with their 223 score). The Polish would not go on to progress further than the quarter-finals.

External links

Profile at Olympics.com.au

References

1970 births Living people Australian male archers Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Australia Australian Institute of Sport archers Archers from Sydney {{Australia-archery-bio-stub