Jeon Hun-young (Korean: 전훈영; born 29 May 1994)[1] is a South Korean archer. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics: in the women's team event, she, Lim Si-hyeon, and Nam Su-hyeon set the Olympic record in the ranking round and subsequently won the gold medal, defeating China in the final.
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| Born | 29 May 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Kyung Hee University | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
editJeon was born in Incheon and grew up there.[2] She attended Suncheon Elementary School, where she discovered archery.[2] In 2024, she recalled that "At the time, there was an archery club at the school. While watching the archery team shooting arrows in the school playground, the coach called me and encouraged me to try archery, and that's how I've continued to pull the bowstring to this day."[2] While attending Incheon Girls' Middle School in 2009, Jeon was selected to the youth national team and set a world record in the cadet category while competing at the World Youth Championships.[3]
Jeon later attended Inli Girls' High School and then Kyung Hee University.[1] She won silver at the national championships in 2013 and won gold in 2014.[4] In 2014, she made the national team and participated at the World University Archery Championships, where she won gold in the mixed team event and bronze in the individual event.[2][4] After she graduated from college, she competed domestically for a team representing Hyundai Department Store and later for a team representing Incheon.[5][6] She qualified for the national team in 2020, but did not compete in any international events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] She later competed at the 2024 Korean Olympic trials and placed second, thus securing a spot in the individual and team events at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] She also participated at the 2024 Archery World Cup, winning two silver medals.[7] In the team event at the Olympics, Jeon helped set an Olympic record and later won a gold medal, the 10th consecutive time the South Korean team won the women's team event at the Olympics.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ a b "2024 주요 리커브 대표 선수를 소개합니다~!" [Introducing the major recurve players of 2024!]. Naver.com (in Korean). Korean Archery Association. 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Hyun, Dong-min (1 June 2024). "[인터뷰] "파리올림픽 금빛 화살을 쏴라!" 태극궁사 전훈영" [[Interview] “Shoot the golden arrow at the Paris Olympics!” Taegeukgungsa Jeon Hoon-yeong]. Incheon Today (in Korean).
- ^ a b Kim, Jin-woo (29 July 2024). "국제 대회 경험 없다더니…'신궁'의 자격 뽐낸 전훈영 · 남수현" [I heard you have no experience in international competitions... Jeon Hoon-young and Nam Soo-hyun show off their qualifications as 'Shingung'] (in Korean). Seoul Broadcasting System.
- ^ a b "[우리가 궁금했던 이야기] "저는 늘 현재에 충실하려고 노력해요."" [[Story We Were Curious About] "I always try to be faithful to the present."]. Naver.com (in Korean). Korea University Sport Federation. 31 January 2015.
- ^ "현대제철 오진혁, 현대백화점 전훈영 양궁 실내월드컵 남,여 개인우승" [Hyundai Steel's Oh Jin-hyuk and Hyundai Department Store's Jeon Hoon-yeong win the men's and women's individual championships at the Archery Indoor World Cup.]. Ijeju Today (in Korean). 4 December 2018.
- ^ Park, Jin-myeong (12 June 2023). "인천시청, 양궁 단체전 시즌 3관왕 명중…전훈영 2관왕" [Incheon City Hall wins 3 gold medals in archery team season... Jeon Hoon-young wins 2 awards]. STNSports.co.kr.
- ^ "'女양궁 에이스' 임시현, '대표팀 동료' 전훈영 꺾고 월드컵 금메달" ['Women's archery ace' Im Si-hyeon defeats 'teammate' Jeon Hoon-young to win World Cup gold]. Newsis. 26 May 2024.
- ^ Molski, Max (25 July 2024). "South Korean archer sets first world record of the Paris Olympics". KNBC.
- ^ "South Korea wins 10th consecutive gold in women's archery team event". The Korea Times. 29 July 2024.