Lin Shih-chia (archer)
Taiwanese archer with four major international medals.
Last updated
Lin Shih-chia (born 20 May 1993) is a Taiwanese archer who has earned four career medals—one gold, two silver, and one bronze—at major events including the Summer Universiade, the World Championships, and the Summer Olympics.
She first gained international attention at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. There, she helped the Taiwanese trio of Hsiung Mei-chien and London 2012 Olympian Tan Ya-ting defeat the favored South Korean women 5–3 in the team recurve final to win gold.
Later that year, at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, Lin added two silver medals to her tally—one in the individual recurve and one in the mixed team recurve.
Lin was chosen for Chinese Taipei’s archery team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, competing in both the individual and team recurve events. Two months before the Games, she led the Taiwanese trio to victory over Estonia at the World Archery Cup in Antalya, Turkey, securing one of three women’s team spots.
In the Olympic classification round, she scored 651 points with 15 perfect tens and 6 bull’s-eyes, earning the ninth seed among 64 archers, while her team’s combined score of 1,932 placed them fourth. After losing to eventual champions South Korea in the semifinals, Lin, Tan, and Le Chien-ying rebounded to beat Italy 5–3 for the bronze medal. In the individual event, Lin defeated Egypt’s Reem Mansour in the first round but lost 2–6 to India’s Bombayla Devi Laishram in the next match.
Background
Lin Shih-chia rose to prominence at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. There, she defeated the South Korean women in the final match 5–3 to hand the trio of Hsiung Mei-chien and London 2012 Olympian Tan Ya-ting a gold-medal triumph in the team recurve tournament. Shortly after the Universiade, she added two more medals to her career treasury—a silver each in the individual and mixed team recurve—at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lin was selected to compete for Chinese Taipei's archery squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, shooting in both individual and team recurve tournaments. Two months before her maiden Games, she commanded the Chinese Taipei trio in defeating the Estonian side for one of three women's team spaces at the World Archery Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey. At the Olympics, she opened the tournament by discharging 651 points, 15 perfect tens, and 6 bull's eyes to seal the ninth seed against a field of 63 other archers in the classification round, along with her trio's cumulative score of 1,932.
In the team recurve, Lin and her compatriots Tan and Le Chien-ying sat outside the top three at fourth position. They bounced back from a semifinal defeat to the eventual champions South Korea to secure a 5–3 triumph over the Italian women for the bronze medal. In the women's individual recurve, Lin successfully held off a spirited challenge by Egypt's Reem Mansour in the opening round, before she faced a 2–6 defeat in her subsequent match from the unheralded Indian Bombayla Devi Laishram.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Bronze Olympic Games — 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
- Silver World Championships — 2015 Copenhagen Individual
- Bronze World Championships — 2017 Mexico Team
- Silver Asian Championships — 2013 Taipei Team
- Gold Universiade — 2015 Gwangju Team
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Lin Shih-chia (archer) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
More in Olympic Archers
Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Lin Shih-chia (archer) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
Spotted an error? Know more?
Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced