Sarah Nikitin

Sarah de Oliveira Nikitin (born December 27, 1988) is a Brazilian competitive archer.[1] A member of Brazil's archery squad in three editions of the Pan American Games (2007, 2011, and 2015), and at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Nikitin scored her only career medal with a bronze over Venezuela's Leidys Brito in the women's individual recurve tournament at the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile.[2] Nikitin currently trains under the tutelage of head coach Evandro Azevedo for the Brazilian national squad, while shooting at a local archery range in her native São Paulo.[3]

Sarah Nikitin
Personal information
Full nameSarah de Oliveira Nikitin
Born (1988-12-27) 27 December 1988
São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
ClubSão Paulo SP
Coached byEvandro Azevedo (national)
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing Brazil
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santiago Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago Individual
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Mungyeong Mixed team
Updated on 1 March 2017.

Nikitin was selected by the Brazilian Olympic Committee to compete for the host nation's archery squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, shooting in both individual and team recurve tournaments.[4] First, Nikitin discharged 609 points, 8 perfect tens, and 3 bull's eyes to take the fiftieth seed heading to the knockout draw from the classification round, along with the trio's cumulative score of 1,845.[5] Sitting at eleventh in the team recurve, Nikitin and her compatriots Ane Marcelle dos Santos and Marina Canetta put up a gallant fight amid the loud applause of their parochial crowd, but bowed out of the opening round match to the Italians in straight sets 0–6.[6][7] In the women's individual recurve, Nikitin was unable to overthrow North Korea's Kang Un-ju early in the opening round match that abruptly ended her Olympic debut in a severe 0–6 defeat.[8][9]

References
  1. "Sarah Nikitin". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. "Sarah Nikitin fatura o bronze na prova individual nos Jogos Sul-Americanos" [Sarah Nikitin scored a bronze in the individual event at the South American Games] (in Portuguese). Ahe!. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  3. "Evandro de Azevedo é surpreendido com eleição de segundo melhor técnico do mundo" [Evandro de Azevedo is surprisingly elected as the world's second best coach] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  4. "Marcus Vinicius é convocado e lidera tiro com arco do Brasil na Olimpíada" [Marcus Vinicius is called and leads Brazil's archery at the Olympics] (in Portuguese). O Dia. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. "Tiro com arco: sul-coreanas dominam 1° dia; brasileira é 26ª" [Archery: South Koreans dominated the opening day, Brazilian sat at twenty-sixth] (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  6. "Archery: Women's Team Round of 16". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. "Equipe brasileira feminina de tiro com arco foi eliminada neste domingo" [Brazil women's archery team was eliminated on Sunday]. Agência Brasil. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. "Archery: Women's Individual Round of 16". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  9. "Três brasileiros são eliminados no tiro com arco; país continua na disputan" [Three Brazilians were eliminated in archery, the country is still in contention] (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.


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