Itay Shanny

Itay Shanny
Personal information
Native name
איתי שני
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1998-09-01) 1 September 1998
Sport
SportArchery
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsRound of 16 (2021)
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  Israel
European Indoor Championships
2026 Plovdiv Team
2024 Varaždin Individual

Itay Shanny (Hebrew: איתי שני; 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]

References

  1. ^ "Itay Shanny". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Archery: Men's individual start list (ranking round)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Archery — Ranking Round Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Archery — Muto Hiroki vs Shanny Itay — 1/32 Eliminations Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Archery — Shanny Itay vs Rai Tarundeep — 1/16 Eliminations Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Archery — Shanny Itay vs Tang Chih-Chun — 1/8 Eliminations Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 3 August 2021.