- Evangelia Psarra
Evangelia Psarra (born
June 17 ,1974 inThessaloniki ) is an archer fromGreece . She represented Greece at the 2000, 2004 and2008 Summer Olympics .In 2004 she placed 8th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 652. In the first round of elimination, she faced 57th-ranked
Jo-Ann Galbraith ofAustralia . Psarra defeated Galbraith 138-116 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 25th-ranked Turkish archerZekiye Keskin Satir , defeating her 163-161. Psarra then defeated 24th-rankedAlmudena Gallardo ofSpain 160-152, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Psarra facedPark Sung Hyun of Korea, losing to the 1st-ranked and eventualgold medal ist archer. The final score of 111-110 in the 12 arrow match placed Psarra 7th overall in women's individual archery. Psarra was also a member of the 5th-place Greek team in the women's team archery competition.At the
2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing Psarra finished her ranking round with a total of 613 points. This gave her the 50th seed for the final competition bracket in which she facedChen Ling in the first round. The local Chinese favourite archer won the confrontation with 110-101 and eliminated Psarra straight away. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/211457.shtml Athlete biography: Evangelia Psarra] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008]References
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