Nami Hayakawa

Nami Hayakawa is an archer from Japan. She was born on 6 October 1984. Hayakawa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

2008 Summer Olympics

During the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, Hayakawa completed her initial ranking round with a total of 649 points. This secured her the 9th position for the final competition bracket. In the first round, she faced off against Elena Mousikou and triumphed over the archer from Cyprus with a score of 112-103. In the second round, she exhibited her strength by defeating Jennifer Nichols with a score of 105-103, and she continued her journey by outscoring Naomi Folkard with 106-97 to reach the quarter-finals. Unfortunately, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Park Sung-hyun with a score of 112-103, who later went on to win the silver medal.^[3]

Hayakawa participated in the team event alongside Sayoko Kitabatake and Yuki Hayashi. Their combined scores from the ranking round, including Hayakawa's 649 points, Kitabatake's 616, and Hayashi's 616, placed the Japanese team in the seventh position after the ranking round. In the first round of the team event, they defeated the Colombian team with a score of 206-199. However, in the quarter-finals, they faced a formidable opponent in second-seeded Great Britain, who outperformed Japan with a score of 201-196.^[3]

References

1. Nami Hayakawa
2. Nami HAYAKAWA
3. Athlete biography: Nami Hayakawa, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008