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Ricardo Soto

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Ricardo Soto
Soto in 2016
Personal information
Born (1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 25)
Concepción, Chile[1]
Height183 cm (72 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country Chile
SportArchery
EventRecurve
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Individual

Ricardo Andrés Soto Pedraza (born 20 October 1999) is a Chilean recurve archer from Concepción.[1] In 2009, he moved to Arica.[1][2] He competed in the archery event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[3][1]

Career

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2016 Summer Olympics

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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Soto finished his ranking round with a total of 675 points, which gave him the 13th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Anton Prylepau in the Round of 64, he won the match 5(29)–5(27). He played Bernardo Oliveira in the Round of 32, winning the match 7–1. In the Round of 16 he played Sjef van den Berg, losing the match 5–6.

Pan American Games

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At the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Soto won bronze in the Men's individual event.[4]

Olympic results

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Year Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
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Rank
2016 Men's individual 675 13  Prylepau (BLR)
W 5 (29)–5 (27)
 Oliveira (BRA)
W 7–1
 van den Berg (NED)
L 5–6
did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Vallejos, Leonardo. "Los secretos de Ricardo Soto, el joven chileno que ha sorprendido a todos en el tiro de arco en Río". El Mercurio. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Ricardo Soto será el chileno más joven en disputar JJOO". 5 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016 Olympic Games World Archery". World Archery. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. ^ Aragón, Andrés (5 November 2023). "Ricardo Soto, el niño prodigio del tiro con arco que creció para ganar una medalla en los Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023". Olympics.com (in Spanish).
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