- Jennifer Nichols
Jennifer Nichols (born
October 4 ,1983 inCheyenne, Wyoming ) is an archer from theUnited States .Nichols started archery when she was twelve years old. At fifteen, she won the National Youth Archery Competition.2004 Summer Olympics
Nichols represented the United States at the
2004 Summer Olympics . She placed 19th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 638. In the first round of elimination, she faced 46th-rankedPuspitasari Rina Dewi ofIndonesia . Nichols defeated Puspitasari 160-141 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 14th-ranked Ukrainian archerTetyana Berezhna . Nichols won the match 163-160 in the regulation 18 arrows, advancing to the round of 16. She then lost to 3rd-rankedYun Mi Jin of Korea 168-162, finishing 9th in women's individual archery.2008 Summer Olympics
At the
2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing Nichols finished her ranking round with a total of 637 points. This gave her the 24th seed for the final competition bracket in which she facedIka Yuliana Rochmawati in the first round, beating the archer fromIndonesia with 114-101. In the second round she came close, but was unable to upset 9th seedNami Hayakawa and lost the match with 105-103. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/221462.shtml Athlete biography: Jennifer Nichols] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008]References
External links
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/jennifer-nichols-1.html sports-reference]
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