Rina Dewi Puspitasari
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Rina Dewi Puspitasari is an athlete from Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. She competes in archery
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...

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Puspitasari represented Indonesia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

. She placed 46th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 616. In the first round of elimination, she faced 19th-ranked Jennifer Nichols
Jennifer Nichols
Jennifer Nichols is an archer from the United States.Nichols started archery when she was twelve years old. At fifteen, she won the National Youth Archery Competition.-2004 Summer Olympics:...

 of the United States
United States
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. Puspitasari lost 160–141 in the 18-arrow match, placing 46th overall in women's individual archery.

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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 Puspitasari finished her ranking round with a total of 620 points. This gave her the 42nd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Miroslava Dagbaeva
Miroslava Dagbaeva
Miroslava Dagbaeva is an athlete from Russia who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Dagbaeva finished her ranking round with a total of 637 points. This gave her the 23rd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Rina Dewi Puspitasari...

in the first round. Both archers scored a total of 106 points in the regular match and a decisive extra round had to make the difference. In this extra round Dagbaeva scored 10 points while Puspitasari only scored 9 points and was eliminated.

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