Ren Hayakawa

Ren Hayakawa (早川 漣, Hayakawa Ren, born 24 August 1987[1]) is a Japanese archer of South Korean descent who won a bronze medal in the women's team event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Ren Hayakawa
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
Ren Hayakawa (foreground) in 2012

Early and personal life

Hayakawa was born Um Hye-ryeon (hanja:嚴 惠漣) in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province in South Korea.[2][3] She competed in archery in high school and was later a member of a professional team,[2] though she never qualified for the South Korean national team.[3] Hayakawa became a Japanese citizen in 2007 having left South Korea to study on an archery scholarship,[2] enrolling at the Nippon Sport Science University.[3]

Ren has an older sister, Nami who is also an Olympic archer and competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics[2][3]

Career

In 2011 Hayakawa was selected to be a member of the Japanese Olympic squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She became the second person in her family to compete at the Olympics after her sister Nami Hayakawa, who had previously competed for Japan in archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] In London, Hayakawa and teammates Kaori Kawanaka and Miki Kanie advanced to the bronze medal match of the women's team event, where they defeated Russia by two points to earn Japan's first Olympic medal in team archery.[4] She also competed in the women's individual event, losing in the third round to South Korea's Ki Bo-bae.[5]

Hayakawa later won bronze in the women's team recurve competition at the 2014 Asian Games alongside Kawanaka and Yuki Hayashi.[6]

Hayakawa was the face of Adidas by Stella McCartney's Spring Summer 2021 Campaign directed by Japanese photographer, Monika Mogi.[7]

References
  1. "Ren Hayakawa". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. "Korean-born archer set to compete for Japan in London". The Korea Times. Yonhap News Agency. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. Rutherford, Peter (2 August 2012). "Archery: London twist to ancient Asian rivalry". Reuters. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. "Japan's female archers win bronze". The Japan Times. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. "Hayakawa, Kanie eliminated in women's archery". The Japan Times. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. "Indian women's team finishes 4th in recurve archery". Business Standard. Indo-Asian News Service. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  7. Ernest, Maya. "Adidas goes eco-friendly and eccentric for Stella McCartney collection". Input. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
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