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Sara López

Sara López

Colombian archer (born 1995)


Sara José López Bueno (born 24 April 1995), is a Colombian athlete who competes in compound archery. She first competed for the Colombian national team in 2011 Pre-Olympic event in Medellin, Colombia. She won medals at several editions of the World Games.

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At the Archery World Cup in 2013, she qualified for the final. She rose to her highest world ranking of 3 in 2013, and her major achievements include winning the 2014 Archery World Cup.[1] As well as competing internationally in archery, she is a medical student.[2]

López is the current world record holder for a 15-arrow round and other 10 world records, having become the first woman to shoot a perfect 150 at stage 3 of the World Cup in Medellín.[3]

In 2020, she won the inaugural Lockdown Knockout tournament organised by World Archery.[4] In the final she defeated Anders Faugstad of Norway.[4]

She won the 2021 Athlete of the Year award by World Archery Americas in the compound women category.[5]

She won the silver medal in the women's compound event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.[6][7] López and Daniel Muñoz won the gold medal in the mixed team compound event.


References

  1. Gillen, Nancy (18 May 2020). "López triumphs in inaugural World Archery Lockdown Knockout". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. "World Archery Americas announces award winners for 2021". World Archery Americas. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. Houston, Michael (9 July 2022). "Gibson and Becerra claim compound archery titles at World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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