Wei Pi-Hsiu is an athlete from the Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 who competes in archery

Archery

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.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Beijing

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 Wei finished her ranking round with a total of 585 points. This gave her the 58th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Alison Williamson

Alison Williamson

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 in the first round. The 7th seed archer from Great Britain

Great Britain

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 was too strong with 108-99 and eliminated Wei. Together with Wu Hui-Ju and Yuan Shu-Chi she also took part in the team event. With her 585 score from the ranking round combined with the 634 of Wu and the 652 of Yuan the Chinese Taipei team was in eighth position after the ranking round. In the first round they faced the Italian

Italy

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team, but were unable to beat them. Italy advanced to the quarter finals with a 215-211 score.