Sigrid Romero (born May 22, 1989 in

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) 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 ...

Early life

Romero was born in

, the daughter of Ramon Romero and Patricia Duque. Her name in German means triumphal procession, in the beginning she tried the

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

and

gymnastics Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movem ...

when she was 10 years old. She started in 2003 where she excelled in a national competition in Bogota, where was the winner of five golds medals.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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Romero finished her ranking round with a total of 551 points. This gave her the 62nd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced

Joo Hyun-Jung Joo Hyun-jung (; , born 3 May 1982) is a professional former world number one archer from South Korea. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Joo finished her ranking round with a total of 664 points, ni ...

in the first round. With a score of only 98 points she was unable to stop the third seeded

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n, who eventually would reach the quarter-final.Athlete biography: Sigrid Romero
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008 Together with Natalia Sánchez and

Ana Rendón Ana María Rendón Martínez (born March 10, 1986) is a Colombian Recurve bow, recurve Archery, archer. She has competed in the Olympic Games three times and is a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American Games. Career 2008 Summer Olympics At ...

she also took part in the team event. With her 551 score from the ranking round combined with the 643 of Sánchez and the 647 of Rendón the Colombian team was in tenth position after the ranking round. In the first round they faced the

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ese team, but were unable to beat them. Japan advanced to the quarter-finals with a 206−199 score.

2010 Sud Americanos Games

At the 2010 Sud Americanos Games in Medellin,

Romero won 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals with 30 meters, 50 meters and 70 meters curved.

References

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