Alexandra Longová

Alexandra Longova
Personal information
Nickname(s) Alex [1]
Born (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 [2]
Bratislava [3]
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Weight 51 kg (112 lb) [2]
Sport
Country  Slovakia
Sport Archery
Event(s) recurve
Club Blue Arrows Viničné [1]
Medal record
European Youth Championships
2014 Ljubljana Individual
Updated on 22 August 2016.

Alexandra Longová (born 7 February 1994 in Bratislava) is a female Slovak recurve archer. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships.[4]

Career

2008-2014

She competed in the 2008 World Youth Championships in Antalya, where she lost in the third round to Lidiia Sichenikova.[1] At the 2012 European Youth Championships she ended in the 1/16 final,[5] but two years later she placed third, defeating Tuiana Dashidorzhieva in the bronze medal match.[4] In the 2014 season she also placed fifth at the 2014 European senior championships [6] and won one competition of the European Youth Cup, defeating Laura Ruggieri in the final match.[7]

2015-2016

Longova represented her country at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she was defeated in the second round by Anastasia Pavlova. She competed in the individual recurve event and the team recurve event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[8] She placed ninth at the 2016 European Championships [9] and second in the subsequent qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics. In Rio de Janeiro she defeated Laxmirani Majhi in the round of 64, but lost to Qi Yuhong in the next round. After the Olympic Games she was 24th in the European ranking.[10]

Personal life

Longová studied biology at the Comenius University in Bratislava.[3] Her father is a karate coach and she tried this sport when she was young.[11] She lives in Viničné.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alexandra Longova at the World Archery". worldarchery.org. World Archery. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Alexandra Longova Rio 2016". www.rio2016.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Alexandra Longova at the Slovak Olympic Comitee". www.rio.olympic.sk. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "European Youth Championships Ljubljana 2014". www.ianseo.net. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "European Youth Championships Nykobing 2012" (PDF). archeryeurope.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "European Championships Echmiadzin 2014". www.ianseo.net. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "European Youth Cup 2nd leg in Moscow". archeryeurope.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "2015 World Archery Championships: Entries by country" (PDF). ianseo.net. pp. 7–18. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "European Championships Nottingham 2016". archeryeurope.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Recurve women Updated 15 August 2016" (PDF). archeryeurope.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Pri lukostreľbe mám vlastný svet. Pálim ako robot". sport.pravda.sk. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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