Miki Kanie
Miki Kanie
Personal information
BornDecember 4, 1988 (1988-12-04) (age 35)
Gifu Prefecture, Japan[1]
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Ulsan Team
World Cup Final
Silver medal – second place 2012 Tokyo Mixed Team

Miki Kanie (蟹江 美貴, Kanie Miki, born December 4, 1988) is a Japanese archer who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She entered the Olympics with a world ranking of 332 but finished the preliminary ranking round for the women's individual event in sixth place.[2] She was later eliminated in the third round of the competition by Mexico's Aída Román.[3] In the women's team event Kanie and teammates Ren Hayakawa and Kaori Kawanaka won bronze medal after defeating Russia in the third-place match, earning Japan's first Olympic archery medal in a team event.[4]

References

  1. "Miki Kanie". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. "Kanie on target at Lord's". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  3. "Hayakawa, Kanie eliminated in women's archery". The Japan Times. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  4. "Japan's female archers win bronze". The Japan Times. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.


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