Natalia Sánchez (archer)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Echeverri.
Natalia Sánchez
Personal information
Born May 20, 1983 (1983-05-20) (age 32)
Medal record
Women's Archery
Representing  Colombia
World Championships
2009 Ulsan Individual
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
2015 Toronto Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena Individual
2006 Cartagena Team

Natalia "Nati" Sánchez Echeverri (born May 20, 1983) is a female athlete from Colombia who competes in archery. She is 2009 World Championship bronze medalist. Sánchez was born in Medellín, Antioquia.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Sánchez finished her ranking round with a total of 643 points. This gave her the 18th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Katsiarina Muliuk in the first round. Despite the archer from Belarus being only the 47th seed, she managed to upset Sánchez and eliminate her with a 104-101 score.[1] Together with Ana Rendón and Sigrid Romero she also took part in the team event. With her 643 score from the ranking round combined with the 647 of Rendón and the 551 of Romero the Colombian team was in tenth position after the ranking round. In the first round they faced the Japanese team, but were unable to beat them. Japan advanced to the quarter finals with a 206-199 score.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Athlete biography: Natalia Sanchez, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008
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