San Yu Htwe Explained
| San Yu Htwe |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Mindat, Myanmar |
| Country: |  |
| Sport: | Archery |
| Event: | Recurve |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Updated: | 26 July 2016 |
San Yu Htwe (born 14 October 1986[1]) is a Burmese recurve archer from Mindat.[2] She competed in the archery competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she ranked at #51 in the ranking round. She defeated Taru Kuoppa in the first round and Mackenzie Brown in the second round but lost to the then current Olympic Champion Ki Bo-bae in the third round.[3] [4] [5] She said that she felt too excited to be competing against the current Olympic Champion that her performance was not as good as she hoped.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: San Yu Htwe. Rio 2016. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. 17 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816045459/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/san-yu-htwearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818123753/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/hye-jin-chang. 16 August 2016. dead.
- Web site: Chin athletes to compete in SEA Games in Singapore. Chinland Guardian. Thawng Zel Thang. 14 May 2015. 27 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807090919/http://www.chinlandguardian.com/index.php/news/item/2305-chin-athletes-to-compete-in-sea-games-in-singapore. 7 August 2016. dead.
- Web site: Rio 2016 Olympic Games World Archery. World Archery. 26 July 2016.
- Web site: San Yu Htwe hits gold. Myanmar Times. Myanmar Consolidated Media. Kyaw Zin Hlaing. 28 January 2016. 27 July 2016.
- Web site: Myanmar archer aims for bulls-eye. Myanmar Times. Myanmar Consolidated Media. Kyaw Zin Hlaing. 21 July 2016. 27 July 2016.
- Web site: Htwe San Yu cements Myanmar’s bracket-busting reputation. World Archery Federation. Ludivine. Maitre Wicki. 11 August 2016. 23 August 2016.
