He Ying
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| Born | April 17, 1977 (age 47) Jilin, China |
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He Ying (Chinese: 何影; pinyin: Hé Yǐng, born April 17, 1977, in Jilin) is an archer from the People's Republic of China who has competed at three Summer Olympics.[1]
Career
[edit]1996 Summer Olympics
[edit]In 1996 Atlanta Olympics He won the silver in the women's individual event. She competed again in 2000 in Sydney but did not win a medal.[2]
2004 Summer Olympics
[edit]He achieved the second Olympic silver medal of her career at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the team event. With teammates Lin Sang and Zhang Juanjuan, He defeated Australia, Ukraine and Chinese Taipei in the elimination rounds before falling to South Korea in the gold medal match by a single match.[3]
He placed 4th in the individual ranking round with a score of 667. He went on to defeat Helen Palmer of Great Britain, Melissa Jennison of Australia and Kirstin Jean Lewis of South Africa in the first three rounds, her encounter with Jennison going to a final arrow shoot-off.[4]
In the quarterfinals, He faced eventual bronze medalist Alison Williamson of Great Britain. He was red carded for shooting out of turn, resulting in her highest scoring shot being declared void. She later missed the target entirely with her 10th shot, Williamson winning by a score of 109–89. The Chinese team officials planned to appeal against the result but failed to do so within the allowed time.[5] Her final ranking in the individual competition was 8th.[4]
Asian Games
[edit]He competed in the 1994 Asian Games where she won a gold medal in the team event and in the 1998 Asian Games where she won a silver medal in the team event.[6]
Coaching career
[edit]She is the coach of Li Jiaman who won the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics girls' individual and mixed team gold.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "He Ying". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "He Ying". World Archery. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Women's team archery results". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Women's individual archery results". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Archery bronze for Williamson". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "No coach, no problem: China's LI Jiaman Youth Olympic Champion". World Archery. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
External links
[edit]- 1977 births
- Living people
- Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Chinese female archers
- Olympic archers for China
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- People from Siping
- Olympic medalists in archery
- Asian Games medalists in archery
- Sportspeople from Jilin
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 1994 Asian Games
- Archers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- World Archery Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- 20th-century Chinese sportswomen