Yessica Camilo

Dominican Republic archer

Yessica Camilo
Personal information
Full name	Yessica Camilo González
Born	(1993-02-23) 23 February 1993 (age 31) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Dominican Republic
Sport	Archery
Event	Recurve
Updated on 4 March 2017

Yessica Camilo González (born December 23, 1993) is a competitive archer from the Dominican Republic.^[1]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Camilo etched a historic mark for her country to compete in an Olympic tournament, shooting only in the women's individual recurve.^[2]^[3] Heading to the knockout stage as the lowest-ranked archer of the 64-female field with a score of 525 points, 4 perfect tens, and single bull's eye, Camilo lost her opening round match to the top-seeded South Korean and team recurve champion Choi Mi-sun, who comfortably dispatched her from the tournament with an easy 6–0 score.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Yessica Camilo". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^ "Dominican Republic qualifies first-ever Olympic archer as 6 places awarded". World Archery. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ "Arquera dominicana Yessica Camilo obtiene plaza para los Juegos Olímpicos" [Dominican archer Yessica Camilo obtained a spot for the Olympics] (in Spanish). El Caribe. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^ "Archery: Women's Individual Round of 64". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "Olympic top seed Choi safely into last 16". World Archery. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ "Yessica Camilo queda fuera de competencia" [Yessica Camilo eliminated from the competition] (in Spanish). Dominican Republic: El Día. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.