Crispin Duenas
Encyclopedia
Crispin Duenas is a Canadian recurve archer who represented Canada at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing
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He is one of Canada's top male archers with a successful international career as both a cadet and junior. He is a physics major at the University of Toronto
and would like to pursue a career teaching high school physics. During his spare time he listens to music - he plays piano, guitar, trumpet, flute and drums.
in Beijing
Duenas finished his ranking round with a total of 664 points. This gave him the 16th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Magnus Petersson
in the first round. Both scored 108 points in the regular match and they had to go to an extra round. In this extra round Duenas scored 18 points, while Petersson advanced to the second round with 19 points.
Together with John-David Burns and Jay Lyon he also took part in the team event. With his 664 score from the ranking round combined with the 644 of Burns and the 646 of Lyon the Canadians were in 11th position after the ranking round. In the first round they were beaten by the Italian
team 219-217. Italy would go on to reach the final and win the silver medal.
2008
2009
Beijing
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He is one of Canada's top male archers with a successful international career as both a cadet and junior. He is a physics major at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
and would like to pursue a career teaching high school physics. During his spare time he listens to music - he plays piano, guitar, trumpet, flute and drums.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer Olympics
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in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
Duenas finished his ranking round with a total of 664 points. This gave him the 16th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Magnus Petersson
Magnus Petersson
Magnus Petersson is an archer from Sweden.He is an experienced Olympian, having won a silver medal in 1996. Petersson advanced to the semifinals in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was defeated there by Vic Wunderle. In the consolation bronze medal match, he again lost, this time to...
in the first round. Both scored 108 points in the regular match and they had to go to an extra round. In this extra round Duenas scored 18 points, while Petersson advanced to the second round with 19 points.
Together with John-David Burns and Jay Lyon he also took part in the team event. With his 664 score from the ranking round combined with the 644 of Burns and the 646 of Lyon the Canadians were in 11th position after the ranking round. In the first round they were beaten by the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
team 219-217. Italy would go on to reach the final and win the silver medal.
Accomplishments
2007- Breaking and re-breaking national records in the FITA round
- Placing 17th individually at the world championship
- Anchoring the Canadian men's team to an 8th place finish and qualifying the team for the Beijing Olympics
- Placed 6th in the El Salvador World Cup
2008
- 2nd in the 2008 Canadian Olympic trials
- 3rd Arizona Cup World Ranking event
- 2nd in the Ontario Spring Classic
- Member of the Canadian men's team to an 8th place finish in Dominican Republic World Cup
2009
- 1st in the Ontario Spring Classic
Interviews
- A is for Archery
- CBC Radio June 15, 2008
- Archer aims for bull's-eye University of Toronto News@UofT July 22, 2008