San Yu Htwe

San Yu Htwe (born 14 October 1986[1]) is a Burmese recurve archer from Mindat.[2] She competed in the archery competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she ranked at #51 in the ranking round. She defeated Taru Kuoppa in the first round and Mackenzie Brown in the second round but lost to the then current Olympic Champion Ki Bo-bae in the third round.[3][4][5] She said that she felt too excited to be competing against the current Olympic Champion that her performance was not as good as she hoped.[6]

In this Burmese name, the given name is San Yu Htwe. There is no family name.
San Yu Htwe
Personal information
Born (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986
Mindat, Myanmar
Sport
Country Myanmar
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
Updated on 26 July 2016.

References
  1. "San Yu Htwe". Rio 2016. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. Thawng Zel Thang (14 May 2015). "Chin athletes to compete in SEA Games in Singapore". Chinland Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "Rio 2016 Olympic Games World Archery". World Archery. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. Kyaw Zin Hlaing (28 January 2016). "San Yu Htwe hits gold". Myanmar Times. Myanmar Consolidated Media. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. Kyaw Zin Hlaing (21 July 2016). "Myanmar archer aims for bulls-eye". Myanmar Times. Myanmar Consolidated Media. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. Maitre Wicki, Ludivine (11 August 2016). "Htwe San Yu cements Myanmar's bracket-busting reputation". World Archery Federation. Retrieved 23 August 2016.


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