19 July 2011 - Athlete of the Week: Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA (RUS)

Athlete of the Week: Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA (RUS) Lausanne – 19 July 2011 Stepanida ARTAHINOVA, Marina LYZHNIKOVA and Olga POLEGAEVA    Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA (RUS) won two world titles (team and mixed team) and one silver medal (individual) at the World Archery Para Championships that ended on Sunday, 17 July 2011 in Turin, Italy.   The 21-year old Russian para-archer shoots in the compound women open class. However, she has also been competing in tournaments for the able-bodied, where her major achievement was 1st place in the compound women team's event at the European Grand Prix 2011 in Boe, France.   At the World Archery Para Championships 2011, ARTAKHINOVA won the world title in both the team and mixed team events. And she even added another world championships medal to her name with silver in compound women open individual. Seeded No. 2, she only lost to the top archer Danielle BROWN (GBR), 3-7 in the gold medal match.   In Turin, there were two other duels between ARTAKHINOVA and BROWN through their respective teams. The Russian, together with her teammates Marina LYZHNIKOVA and Olga POLEGAEVA, proved more consistent in the compound women open team's gold final and clinched victory 212-198.      ARTAHINOVA with Mikhail DIKTOVANNYYIn the compound mixed team's event, ARTAKHINOVA paired with fellow countryman Mikhail DIKTOVANNYY, who shoots with one arm only. And once again it was a gold medal match between Russia and Great Britain! This encounter was very encounter, but for the second time in Turin, the match balanced in favour of the East European contenders, 154-153.   Biography Extract:  Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA (RUS) – Born 13 September 1989

2nd Individual World Archery Para Championships Turin 2011 1st Team World Archery Para Championships Turin 2011 1st Mixed Team World Archery Para Championships Turin 2011 9th Individual European Grand Prix Boe 2011 1st Team European Grand Prix Boe 2011 33rd Individual World Cup Stage Porec 2011 9th Individual European Para Championships Vichy 2010 9th Individual European Grand Prix Antalya 2010 2nd Individual World Ranking Tournament Nove Mesto 2010 9th Individual European Grand Prix Moscow 2010 14th Individual World Archery Para Championships Nymburk 2009

Find more information on Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA (and all other archers) at the World Archery website as well as on her Facebook page.   World Archery Communication