- Guo Dan
Guo Dan (born
December 20 ,1985 inTieling ) is a female archer from thePeople's Republic of China .2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing Guo finished her ranking round with a total of 636 points. This gave her the 25th seed for the final competition bracket in which she facedCharlotte Burgess in the first round. Although Burgess was only the 40th seed she managed to upset Dan with 106-104 and she was eliminated. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/239508.shtml Athlete biography: Guo Dan] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 20 2008]Together with
Chen Ling andZhang Juanjuan she also took part in the team event. With her 636 score from the ranking round combined with the 645 of Chen and the 635 of Zhang the Chinese team was in third position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals. With 211-206 they were too strong for theIndia n team. In the semi final againstGreat Britain they scored 208 points with the British scoring 202, securing their final spot. OpponentSouth Korea came with a strong 224 points performance, resulting in the silver medal for China, as 215 points was not enough to claim the gold.References
External links
* [http://www.beijingbirdnest.com/beijingbirdnest/olympicnews/SportsNews/200802/1267.shtml Guo Dan eyes glory at Beijing Olympics] 2008-2-3
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