Xue Haifeng (, born January 13, 1980, in

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Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

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) is an

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...

from the

2004 Summer Olympics

Xue competed for China at the

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in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was again victorious and advanced to the round of 16. The third match was Xue's downfall, as he lost to

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of the

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. Xue placed 12th overall.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Xue finished his ranking round with a total of 663 points. This gave him the 18th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

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in the first round. Lyon was only the 47th seed, but managed to score 111 points, while Xue only scored 106. Lyon would eventually advance to the third round where he was beaten by

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.Athlete biography: Xue Hai Feng
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008 Together with Li Wenquan and

Jiang Lin Jiang Lin (; born 23 October 1981 in Qingdao, Shandong) is a male archer from the People's Republic of China. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Jiang finished his ranking round with a total of 632 points. This ga ...

he also took part in the team event. With his 663 score from the ranking round combined with the 646 of Li and the 632 of Jiang the Chinese were in 12th and last position after the ranking round. However, in the first round they were too strong for the

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team 214-210. They advanced to the semi-final by eliminating

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217-209, but lost against

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221-218. In the bronze medal match China was too strong for the team from

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, beating them 222-219 to claim the bronze.

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