Carolina Aguirre

Carolina Aguirre
Personal information
Born	29 January 1996 (age 28); Antioquia
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Archery
Event	Recurve
	Updated on 26 July 2016

Carolina Aguirre Giraldo (born 29 January 1996^[2]) is a Colombian recurve archer who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She made her international debut at the fourth stage of the 2015 Archery World Cup in Medellín,^[1] and was later selected as the third member of the Colombian Olympic archery team.^[3]

Aguirre contested both the women's individual and women's team events at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. With teammates Ana Rendón and Natalia Sánchez she was eliminated by India in the 1/8 elimination stage of the team event after she scored poorly with her final arrow of the match.^[4] In the individual competition Aguirre finished the preliminary ranking round with 605 points from 720 to earn the 52nd seed for the subsequent knock-out stages,^[5] where she was defeated by Guendalina Sartori in the opening round.

References

^ ^a ^b Álvarez Hincapie, Merllyn (31 August 2015). "Colombia, lista para Copa Mundo". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "Carolina Aguirre". Rio 2016. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Talentos a Río: Carolina Aguirre vive una carrera tan rápida como la flecha busca el blanco" (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Colombiano. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ Rodriguez, Tatiana (5 August 2016). "Equipo femenino de tiro con arco, eliminado ante India". AS Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Colombianos tienen rivales en jornada récord en tiro con arco". AS Colombia (in Spanish). 5 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2021.