Kaori Kawanaka

Kaori Kawanaka (川中 香緒里, Kawanaka Kaori, born August 3, 1991[1]) is a Japanese archer who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

Kaori Kawanaka

Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team

Kawanaka won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's team event with teammates Ren Hayakawa and Miki Kanie. Their success, which came after a narrow victory over Russia in the third-place match, marked the first Olympic medal for Japan in team archery.[2] Kawanaka was less successful in the women's individual event, losing in the opening elimination round.[3]

Kawanaka has contested the Asian Games twice. She was the flagbearer for the Japanese team at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games,[4] and later won bronze in the women's team recurve competition with Hayakawa and Yuki Hayashi.[5]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she again competed in the individual and team events, reaching the second round in the individual event, and the quarterfinal in the women's team event.[6]

References
  1. "Kaori Kawanaka". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. "Japan's female archers win bronze". The Japan Times. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. "Hayakawa, Kanie eliminated in women's archery". The Japan Times. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. Kasai, Teppai (11 September 2014). "Women front and center of Japan's Asian Games team". Reuters. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  5. "Indian women's team finishes 4th in recurve archery". Business Standard. Indo-Asian News Service. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  6. "Kaori Kawanaka Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020.


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