Jang Min-hee
Personal information
Native name장민희
National teamSouth Korea
Born (1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 (age 24)
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

Jang Min-hee (Hangul: 장민희, 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]

Career

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

  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.

External links

Olympic Archery Champions in Women's Team
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