Saori Nagamine (永峰 沙織, Nagamine Saori, born July 5, 1993) is a Japanese competitive archer.[1] A member of Japan women's archery squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Nagamine has collected a career total of three medals (one gold and two bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the World University Championships and the World Cup series.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Saori Nagamine |
| Nickname | Nagami |
| Born | 5 July 1993 Nagasaki, Japan |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Sport | Archery |
| Event | Recurve |
| Updated on 1 March 2017 | |
Nagamine was selected by the Japanese Olympic Committee to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, shooting only in both individual and team recurve tournaments.[3] First, Nagamine discharged 621 points, 14 perfect tens, and 4 bull's eyes to seal the thirty-ninth seed heading to the knockout draw from the classification round, along with the trio's cumulative score of 1,862.[4] Sitting at ninth in the team recurve, Nagamine, along with her compatriots Yuki Hayashi and London 2012 bronze medalist Kaori Kawanaka, took a convincing 6–2 victory over Ukraine in the opening round match, before they challenged the eventual champion South Korea for the quarterfinals, which effected the trio's untimely departure from the tournament at 1–5.[5][6] In the women's individual recurve, Nagamine could not overcome Brazil's home favorite Ane Marcelle dos Santos from the opening round by the loud applause of her opponent's parochial crowd, abruptly ending her Olympic debut in a 3–7 defeat.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Saori Nagamine". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "60 seconds with… Saori Nagamine". World Archery. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "リオ代表古川高晴「心の中で闘争心」 アーチェリー" [Archer and Rio representative Takaharu Furukawa has a "fighting spirit in mind"] (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "川中１０位、ランキングラウンド アーチェリー女子・５日" [Kawanaka took the tenth seed in the women's archery ranking round on the fifth] (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Archery: Women's Team Round of 16". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "South Korea dominates on its way to women's team gold". NBC Olympics. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Archery: Women's Individual Round of 64". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "永峰、林とも１回戦敗退 アーチェリ" [Nagamine, Hayashi lost the first round in archery] (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
External links
edit- Athlete bio at Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese)
- Saori Nagamine at World Archery
- Saori NAGAMINE at Olympics.com
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