Sigrid Romero

Sigrid Romero

Personal information
Born	May 22, 1989 (1989-05-22) (age 25) Cali, Colombia
Medal record Women's Archery Competitor for  Colombia Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team

Sigrid Romero (born May 22, 1989 in Cali) is an athlete from Colombia who competes in archery.

Early life

Romero was born in Cali, Colombia, the daughter of Ramon Romero and Patricia Duque. Her name in German means triumphal procession, in the beginning she tried the swimming and gymnastics when she was 10 years old. She started in 2003 where she excelled in a national competition in Bogota, where was the winner of five golds medals. Now she lives in Medellin away their parents, who live in Cali with her younger brother Rony Romero.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Romero finished her ranking round with a total of 551 points. This gave her the 62nd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Joo Hyun-Jung in the first round. With a score of only 98 points she was unable to stop the third seeded South Korean, who eventually would reach the quarter final.^[1] Together with Natalia Sánchez and Ana Rendón she also took part in the team event. With her 551 score from the ranking round combined with the 643 of Sánchez and the 647 of Rendón the Colombian team was in tenth position after the ranking round. In the first round they faced the Japanese team, but were unable to beat them. Japan advanced to the quarter finals with a 206−199 score.^[1]

2010 Sud Americanos Games

At the 2010 Sud Americanos Games in Medellin, Colombia Romero won 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals with 30 meters, 50 meters and 70 meters curved.

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