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Romain Girouille

French archer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ1706409 ↗
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Romain Girouille (born 26 April 1988 in Saint-Doulchard) is a French archer.

Career

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Girouille finished his ranking round with a total of 641 points, which gave him the 51st seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Sky Kim in the first round. Kim won the match by 112–110 and Girouille was eliminated. Kim would lose in the next round against Jacek Proć.

On 5 April 2009 Girouille defeated Canadian Crispin Duenas in the final of the first round of the 2009 World Cup by a score of 112–107. He qualified for the final, and finished third.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Girouille competed in both the men's individual and men's team events. In the individual event, he finished in 9th after the ranking round, before losing to Nay Myo Aung in the first knockout round. The French team made it to the quarterfinals of the team event.

Post-olympics

In 2021 he became co-president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee's Athletes' Commission alongside Astrid Guyart, an Olympic fencer.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Romain Girouille” is french archer. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Romain, Girouille and French, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2008, 2009, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-04-26. For this dossier, Romain, Girouille and French is the immediate research focus.
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