Jang Min-hee (Korean장민희, born 5 April 1999) is a South Korean archer.[2] She won gold in the women's individual and team events at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.[3][4] She also won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

Jang Min-hee
Personal information
Native name장민희
National teamSouth Korea
Born (1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 (age 25)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportArchery
Rank16 (as of 27 September 2021) [1]
EventRecurve
University teamIncheon National University
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Yankton Individual
Gold medal – first place 2021 Yankton Team

Career edit

She competed at the 2019 World Archery Youth Championships in Madrid, Spain. She won two gold medals from women's team and mixed team event, bronze medal in individual competition.[6] She made her Olympic debut at 2020 Summer Olympics. With her teammates Kang Chae-young and An San, they won gold medal in women's team event.[7] Two months later, she also won the gold medal in the women's individual and women's team events at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.[8][9]

References edit

  1. ^ "World Ranking Recurve Women Individual". World Archery. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Jang Min-hee". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Owen (26 September 2021). "South Koreans Kim and Jang triumph in recurve finals at World Archery Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 World Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). IANSEO - Integrated Result System. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Archery: Women's individual start list (ranking round)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ "2019 World Archery Youth Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Korea.net".
  8. ^ Lloyd, Owen (24 September 2021). "South Korea sweep team recurve finals at World Archery Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Triple title sweep for Korean recurve teams in Yankton". World Archery. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

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