He Ying
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | April 17, 1977 Jilin, China | (age 47)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
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]
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.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics He placed 4th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 667. In the first round of elimination, she faced 61st-ranked Helen Palmer of Great Britain. He Ying defeated Palmer 141-130 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 29th-ranked Australian archer Melissa Jennison. A tie-breaker was needed when the 18 arrow match was tied 158-158, which He Ying won 9-8 to advance to the round of 16. She then defeated 52nd-ranked Kirstin Jean Lewis of South Africa 156-142, advancing to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, He Ying faced 21st-ranked and eventual bronze medalist Alison Williamson of Great Britain, missing the target entirely with 2 of 12 arrows. The final score of 109-89 placed her 8th overall in women's individual archery.
She was also a member of the team that won the silver medal for China in the women's team archery competition. She is the coach of Li Jiaman who won the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics girls' individual and mixed team gold.[2]
References
- ^ 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 2016-12-04.
- ^ "No coach, no problem: China's LI Jiaman Youth Olympic Champion". World Archery.Org. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Chinese archers
- Olympic archers of 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
- Female archers
- Chinese archery biography stubs
- Chinese Olympic medalist stubs
- World Archery Championships medalists