Justyna Mospinek
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Justyna Mospinek is an athlete from Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. She competes in archery
Archery
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

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2004 Summer Olympics

Mospinek represented Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

. She placed 7th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 657. In the first round of elimination, she faced 58th-ranked Maydenia Sarduy
Maydenia Sarduy
Maydenia Sarduy Gonzalez is an athlete from Cuba. She competes in archery.Sarduy represented Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 58th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 595. In the first round of elimination, she faced 7th-ranked Justyna Mospinek of Poland...

 of Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

. Mospinek defeated Sarduy 162-145 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced Viktoriya Beloslydtseva
Viktoriya Beloslydtseva
Viktoriya Beloslydtseva is an athlete from Kazakhstan. She competes in archery.Beloslydtseva represented Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 26th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 629. In the first round of elimination, she faced 39th-ranked Deonne...

 of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

. Mospinek won the match 163-155 in the regulation 18 arrows, advancing to the round of 16. Mospinek then lost to 10th-ranked Wu Hui Ju
Wu Hui Ju
Wu Hui-ju is an athlete from Republic of China. She competes in archery.-2004 Summer Olympics:Wu represented the Republic of China at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 10th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 649. In the first round of elimination, she faced...

 of Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...

 160-151, finishing 14th in women's individual archery. Mospinek was also a member of the 15th-place Polish women's archery team.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 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...

 Mospinek finished her ranking round with a total of 643 points. This gave her the 19th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Sayoko Kitabutake in the first round. Despite Kitabutake being only the 46th seed, she managed to upset Mospinek with a 103-101 win. Together with Małgorzata Ćwienczek and Iwona Marcinkiewicz
Iwona Marcinkiewicz
Iwona Marcinkiewicz is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.For her sport achievements, she received:...

 she also took part in the team event. With her 643 score from the ranking round combined with the 645 of Ćwienczek and the 620 of Marcinkiewicz the Polish team was in fourth position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter final. There they were beaten by the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

team with 218-211. The French eventually won the bronze medal.
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