Kaori Kawanaka (川中 香緒里, Kawanaka Kaori, born August 3, 1991[1]) is a Japanese archer who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
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Medal record | ||
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Women's archery | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 2012 London | Team |
Asian Games | ||
![]() | 2014 Incheon | Team |
![]() | 2018 Jakarta-Palembang | Team |
Kawanaka won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's team event with teammates Ren Hayakawa and Miki Kanie. Their success, which came after a narrow victory over Russia in the third-place match, marked the first Olympic medal for Japan in team archery.[2] Kawanaka was less successful in the women's individual event, losing in the opening elimination round.[3]
Kawanaka has contested the Asian Games twice. She was the flagbearer for the Japanese team at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games,[4] and later won bronze in the women's team recurve competition with Hayakawa and Yuki Hayashi.[5]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she again competed in the individual and team events, reaching the second round in the individual event, and the quarterfinal in the women's team event.[6]
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