Rina Dewi Puspitasari (born 5 October 1985 in

Bojonegoro Bojonegoro Regency (, older spelling is ''Kabupaten Bodjanegara'', ) is a Regency (Indonesia), regency in East Java Province of Indonesia, about 110 km west of Surabaya and 73 km northeast of Ngawi (town), Ngawi. It covers a land are ...

) is an archer from

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. She 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 ...

. Puspitasari represented Indonesia at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. She placed 46th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 616. In the first round of elimination, she faced 19th-ranked Jennifer Nichols of the

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. Puspitasari lost 160–141 in the 18-arrow match, placing 46th overall in women's individual archery. 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 ...

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Puspitasari finished her ranking round with a total of 620 points. This gave her the 42nd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Miroslava Dagbaeva in the first round. Both archers scored a total of 106 points in the regular match and a decisive extra round had to make the difference. In this extra round Dagbaeva scored 10 points while Puspitasari only scored 9 points and was eliminated., beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008

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