Evangelia Psarra is an archer

Archery

Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

 from Greece

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. She represented Greece at the 2000

2000 Summer Olympics

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, 2004

2004 Summer Olympics

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 and 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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In 2004 she placed 8th in the women's individual ranking round

Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's individual

-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Medal matches:-Event summary:Round of 64In the first round of elimination on 15 August, archers competed head-to-head. Each fired six ends of three arrows. Winners advanced to the round of 32, while losers received a final ranking between 33 and 64 based on their...

 with a 72-arrow score of 652. In the first round of elimination, she faced 57th-ranked Jo-Ann Galbraith

Jo-Ann Galbraith

Jo-Ann Galbraith is an athlete from Australia. She competes in archery.Galbraith represented Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 57th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 596. In the first round of elimination, she faced 8th-ranked Evangelia Psarra of...

 of Australia

Australia

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. Psarra defeated Galbraith 138-116 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 25th-ranked Turkish

Turkey

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 archer Zekiye Keskin Satir

Zekiye Keskin Satir

Zekiye Keskin Şatır, born on 10 June 1976 in Istanbul) is a Turkish athlete competing in archery. She is coached by Cumhur Yavaş and is a member of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Sport Club.-2004 Summer Olympics:...

, defeating her 163-161. Psarra then defeated 24th-ranked Almudena Gallardo

Almudena Gallardo

Almudena Gallardo Vicente is a female Spanish archer.Gallardo represented Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 24th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 641. In the first round of elimination, she faced 41st-ranked Khatuna Narimanidze of Georgia...

 of Spain

Spain

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 160-152, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Psarra faced Park Sung Hyun

Park Sung Hyun

Park Sung-Hyun is a world champion archer from South Korea. She holds the women's world record for a 70m 72-arrow round, set at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, and won a gold medal with her team in both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...

 of Korea

South Korea

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, losing to the 1st-ranked and eventual gold medal

Gold medal

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ist archer. The final score of 111-110 in the 12 arrow match placed Psarra 7th overall in women's individual archery. Psarra was also a member of the 5th-place Greek team in the women's team archery competition.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing

Beijing

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 Psarra finished her ranking round with a total of 613 points. This gave her the 50th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Chen Ling

Chen Ling

Chen Ling is a female archer from the People's Republic of China.- 2008 Summer Olympics :At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chen finished her ranking round with a total of 645 points. This gave her the 15th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Evangelia Psarra in the...

 in the first round. The local Chinese

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favourite archer won the confrontation with 110-101 and eliminated Psarra straight away.