Geena Davis may be an actress, and a model, and a superstar, but we love her for being an archer! In 1999 Geena tried out for the US Olympic Archery team. She needed a wildcard to get into the competition held in Australia that year, and she did great but finished 24th.

But despite losing 160-120 in the 18-arrow alternate shot held in windy conditions, she remained upbeat.

“I am humbled by the standard of archers here,” Davis said. “It’s not good to beat yourself up — you must just let each arrow go and concentrate on the next one.

“This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to be exposed to this amount of stress and level of competition. I just focus on my technique and not worry about the result.”

Donning a blue and yellow hat, white Sydney 2000 Olympics top and blue shorts, the Californian admitted archery was more nerve-wracking than acting.

“It’s really worse — in archery there are tangible results — points. It’s character building and it really puts you in touch with yourself,” she said.

“Archery is a battle with yourself, a war with yourself. It’s really addictive.”

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