# He Ying

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For the revolutionary, see [He Ying (revolutionary)](/source/He_Ying_(revolutionary)).

**He Ying** (Chinese: 何影; pinyin: *Hé Yǐng*, born April 17, 1977, in [Jilin](/source/Jilin)) is an [archer](/source/Archery) from the [People's Republic of China](/source/People's_Republic_of_China) who has competed at three [Summer Olympics](/source/Summer_Olympics).[1]

## Career

### 1996 Summer Olympics

In [1996 Atlanta Olympics](/source/Archery_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics) He won the silver in the women's individual event. She competed again in [2000](/source/Archery_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics) in Sydney but did not win a medal.[2]

### 2004 Summer Olympics

He achieved the second Olympic silver medal of her career at the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/Archery_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) in the [team](/source/Archery_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_team) event. With teammates [Lin Sang](/source/Lin_Sang) and [Zhang Juanjuan](/source/Zhang_Juanjuan), He defeated [Australia](/source/Australia_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics), [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) and [Chinese Taipei](/source/Chinese_Taipei_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) in the elimination rounds before falling to [South Korea](/source/South_Korea_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) in the gold medal match by a single match.[3]

He placed 4th in the [individual](/source/Archery_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_individual) ranking round with a score of 667. He went on to defeat [Helen Palmer](/source/Helen_Palmer_(archer)) of [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics), [Melissa Jennison](/source/Melissa_Jennison) of [Australia](/source/Australia_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) and [Kirstin Jean Lewis](/source/Kirstin_Jean_Lewis) of [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) in the first three rounds, her encounter with Jennison going to a final arrow shoot-off.[4]

In the quarterfinals, He faced eventual [bronze medalist](/source/Bronze_medal) [Alison Williamson](/source/Alison_Williamson) of [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain). He was red carded for shooting out of turn, resulting in her highest scoring shot being declared void. She later missed the target entirely with her 10th shot, Williamson winning by a score of 109–89. The Chinese team officials planned to appeal against the result but failed to do so within the allowed time.[5] Her final ranking in the individual competition was 8th.[4]

### Asian Games

He competed in the [1994 Asian Games](/source/1994_Asian_Games) where she won a gold medal in the team event and in the [1998 Asian Games](/source/1998_Asian_Games) where she won a silver medal in the team event.[6]

### Coaching career

She is the coach of [Li Jiaman](/source/Li_Jiaman) who won the [2014 Summer Youth Olympics](/source/2014_Summer_Youth_Olympics) girls' individual and mixed team gold.[7]

## References

1. ["He Ying"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000255/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/he-ying-1.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/he-ying-1.html) on April 18, 2020.

1. ["He Ying"](https://worldarchery.org/athlete/398/he-ying). *World Archery*. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

1. ["Women's team archery results"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/archery/results/3532362.stm). *BBC Sport*. BBC. August 11, 2004. Retrieved September 6, 2016.

1. ["Women's individual archery results"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/archery/results/3532324.stm). *BBC Sport*. BBC. August 13, 2004. Retrieved September 6, 2016.

1. ["Archery bronze for Williamson"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/archery/3575648.stm). *BBC Sport*. BBC. August 18, 2004. Retrieved September 6, 2016.

1. ["Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055449/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=114). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=114) on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

1. ["No coach, no problem: China's LI Jiaman Youth Olympic Champion"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114155/https://www.worldarchery.org/NEWS/News/ArtMID/10510/ArticleID/9688/No-coach-no-problem-China%E2%80%99s-LI-Jiaman-Youth-Olympic-Champion). *World Archery*. Archived from [the original](http://www.worldarchery.org/NEWS/News/ArtMID/10510/ArticleID/9688/No-coach-no-problem-China%E2%80%99s-LI-Jiaman-Youth-Olympic-Champion) on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.

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