Itay Shanny

{{Short description|Israeli archer (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

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| name = Itay Shanny

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| native_name = איתי שני

| image = Itay Shanny at the meeting of the Olympic delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Games with the President of Israel.jpg

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| nationality = Israeli

| sport = Archery

| olympics = Round of 16 (2021)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|9|1|df=yes}}

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{{Medal|Sport| Men's recurve archery }}

{{Medal|Country| {{ISR}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Indoor Championships }}

{{Medal|S| 2024 Varaždin | Individual }}

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Itay Shanny ({{Langx|he|איתי שני}}; born 1 September 1998) is an Israeli archer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143957 |title=Itay Shanny |work=Olympedia |access-date=23 July 2021}}

He represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics competing in the men's individual event.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ARC/OG2020-_ARC_C51B_ARCMINDIVID-----------QUAL000100--.pdf |title=Archery: Men's individual start list (ranking round) |work=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=23 July 2021 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723074058/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ARC/OG2020-_ARC_C51B_ARCMINDIVID-----------QUAL000100--.pdf |url-status=dead }} Shanny was seeded 60th out of 64 in the ranking round.

{{cite web |title=Archery — Ranking Round Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/archery/results-men-s-individual-qual-000100-.htm |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726011432/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/archery/results-men-s-individual-qual-000100-.htm |url-status=dead }} That rank placed him against 5th seeded Japanese Hiroki Muto in the first round. Shanny got the upset victory, beating his opponent 7–3.{{cite web |title=Archery — Muto Hiroki vs Shanny Itay — 1/32 Eliminations Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/archery/results-men-s-individual-r64-000900-.htm |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135031/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/archery/results-men-s-individual-r64-000900-.htm |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |title=Archery — Shanny Itay vs Rai Tarundeep — 1/16 Eliminations Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/archery/results-men-s-individual-r32-000500-.htm |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728080414/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/archery/results-men-s-individual-r32-000500-.htm |url-status=dead }} There, he lost by a score of 6–5 to Taiwan's Tang Chih-chun and was eliminated from the competition.{{cite web |title=Archery — Shanny Itay vs Tang Chih-Chun — 1/8 Eliminations Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/archery/results-men-s-individual-8fnl-000300-.htm |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=3 August 2021}}