Personal information | |
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Nationality | Israeli |
Born | 1 September 1998 |
Sport | |
Sport | Archery |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | Round of 16 (2021) |
Itay Shanny (born 1 September 1998) is an Israeli archer.[1]
He represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics competing in the men's individual event.[2] Shanny was seeded 60th out of 64 in the ranking round. [3] That rank placed him against 5th seeded Japanese Hiroki Muto in the first round. Shanny got the upset victory, beating his opponent 7–3.[4] In the second round, facing 37th seed Indian Tarundeep Rai, Shanny won the match with a 10–9 single arrow shoot-off after the match was tied 5–5, advancing to the round of 16.[5] There, he lost by a score of 6–5 to Taiwan's Tang Chih-chun and was eliminated from the competition.[6]