Aída Román
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Full name | Aída Nabila Román Arroyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Mexican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | May 21, 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Song I Woo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | Number 10 in the world December 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aída Nabila Román Arroyo (born May 21, 1988) is a Mexican
Career
2007–2011: Continental successes and Olympic debut
Román first won selection to the Mexico national team in 2007 when she was chosen to compete in that year's Pan American Games, where she won a silver medal.[1]
Román made her Olympic debut at the
Román was the most decorated female athlete at the
2012: Olympic silver medalist
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Archery_Ladies_Medal_Ceremonay.jpg/220px-Archery_Ladies_Medal_Ceremonay.jpg)
Román was selected to compete at the
Although Román and her teammates were eliminated from the
The gold medal final between Román and Ki was a close match, and after five sets the pair were tied, necessitating a one-arrow shoot-off. Ki matched Román in shooting into the 8-ring of the target, but the South Korean's arrow was determined to be marginally closer to the centre of the target, earning her the gold medal.[8][9] With Avitia's earlier bronze medal success in the third-place playoff match, Román's silver medal marked the first time since the 1984 Summer Olympics that Mexican athletes had shared the podium in any Olympic discipline and the first time ever that it had been achieved by Mexican women.[10]
- 2016 Summer Olympics
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Román reached the second round of the individual event and was on the Mexican team that reached the quarterfinals.
In 2021, she won the silver medal in the
Individual performance timeline
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR |
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Competitor for | ![]() |
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World Archery tournaments | ||||||||||
Olympic Games | 3R | 2nd | 0/2 | |||||||
World Championships | 2R
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2R
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2R
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3R
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QF
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0/5 | ||||
World Cup Final | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | QF | W | 1/2 | |
End of year world ranking | 23 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
References
- ^ a b "México, la nueva potencia en tiro con arco gracias a bob Román" [Mexico, the new power in archery thanks to bob Román]. Expansión (in Spanish). 2 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Entre las primeras veinte" [Among the first twenty]. ESPN (in Spanish). Notimex. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "bob Román rompe en llanto tras su eliminación" [bob Román breaks into tears after her elimination]. El Informador (in Spanish). Notimex. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ Rodríguez, Amaury (20 April 2012). "Arquera mexicana apunta al control de sentimientos y emociones para ganar" [Mexican archer aims to control feelings and emotions to win]. Expansión (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "bob Román". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "México quedó fuera en Cuartos de Final en tiro con arco femenil" [Mexico is out in women's archery quarter-finals]. Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). 29 July 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Korea claims second gold as Mexico makes history". World Archery Federation. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ Rutherford, Peter (2 August 2012). "Archery: Korean Ki wins gold in final shoot-off". Reuters. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Olimpiadas 2012: Mexicanas hacen el 2-3 histórico en tiro con arco (fotos)" [2012 Olympics: Mexicanas make historic 2-3 in archery (photos)]. La Opinión (in Spanish). Agencia EFE. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Archery Key Facts and Numbers". World Archery Federation. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Triple title sweep for Korean recurve teams in Yankton". World Archery. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
External links
- Aída Román at the World Archery Federation
- Aída Román at Olympics.com
- Aída Román at Olympedia
- Aída Román at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games(archived)