Nuno Pombo (born 20 April 1978) is a Portuguese athlete who competes in
archery
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2008 Summer Olympics
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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Pombo finished his ranking round with a total of 650 points, which gave him the 42nd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced
Yusuf Ergin in the first round. With 106-103 Ergin was the winner of the confrontation and Pombo was eliminated. Ergin would lose in the following round against
Lee Chang-Hwan
Lee Chang-hwan (; born 16 March 1982) is a professional archer from South Korea. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a gold medal with the men's team consisting of himself, Im Dong-hyun, Jang Yong-ho and ...
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[Athlete biography: Nuno Pombo](_blank)
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 19 2008
References
1978 births
Living people
Portuguese male archers
Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic archers for Portugal
S.L. Benfica sportspeople
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