Tan Ya-ting

Tan Ya-ting (Chinese: 譚雅婷; pinyin: Tán Yǎtíng; born 7 November 1993)[1] is an archer who represents Chinese Taipei. She is a three-time Olympian, having participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She has additionally competed in the World Archery Championships and the Archery World Cup.

Tan Ya-ting
Tan at the 2019 Archery World Cup Final
Personal information
Born (1993-11-07) November 7, 1993
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Sport
CountryChinese Taipei
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve

Tan's first international medal came in the girls' individual event of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, earning silver medal after losing to former FITA Archery World Cup champion Kwak Ye-Ji in the final.[2] She finished ninth overall in the women's individual event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won bronze medal in the women's team event four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] She was a member of the team that won Chinese Taipei's first recurve title at the 2019 World Archery Championships.[4][5]

She has qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

References
  1. "Ya-Ting Tan – Archery – Olympic Athlete". 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. "S. Korea wins gold medal in Singapore Youth Olympics archery". Yonhap News Agency. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. "Rio 2016 Olympics: Taiwan's Tan Ya-ting aims to shoot down Korean dominance". The Indian Express. Associated Press. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. Pong, Po-an; Lim, Emerson (16 June 2019). "Women's recurve archery team takes first World Championship gold". Focus Taiwan. Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. "2019 World Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. Wells, Chris (2020-01-16). "Chinese Taipei names team for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". World Archery. Retrieved 2020-02-25.


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