Kang Chae-young
Kang Chae-young in 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 27)
Ulsan, South Korea
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportArchery
EventRecurve
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 's-Hertogenbosch Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Yankton Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 's-Hertogenbosch Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 's-Hertogenbosch Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Copenhagen Team
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moscow Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moscow Mixed team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Individual
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Individual
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bangkok Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bangkok Mixed team

Kang Chae-young (Hangul: 강채영, born 8 June 1996)[1] is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events. She has won numerous medals in archery competitions.

Career

At the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual recurve and women's team recurve events.[2] In the same year, she also won the gold medals in the team and mixed team events at the 2017 World Archery Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.[3]

In 2018, she represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia and she won two medals: the bronze medal in the women's individual recurve event and the gold medal in the women's team recurve event.[4]

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's recurve event in the final of the 2019 Archery World Cup.[5] This was her first Archery World Cup final.[5] She also won the stages of the competition held in both Medellín, Colombia and Shanghai, China. At the 2019 World Archery Championships, she broke the world record for the 70m ranking round with a score of 692,[6] before medalling in the individual, mixed team and team events. In that same year, she won the gold medal in the women's individual, women's team and mixed team events at the 2019 Asian Archery Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand.[7]

In 2020, she won the 2019 World Archery Athlete of the Year award in the recurve women's category.[8]

In 2021, she qualified in first place for the South Korean women's team nominated to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan[9] and won the gold medal in the women's team event. Two months later, she also won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.[10][11]

Her nickname is "The Destroyer."[12]

References

  1. ^ "2019 World Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ^ "2017 World Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b Pavitt, Michael (7 September 2019). "Kang and Ellison crowned recurve champions at Archery World Cup Final". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ "World Records". World Archery. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  7. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Asian Archery Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ Wells, Chris (9 February 2020). "Schloesser, Lopez retain World Archery Athlete of the Year titles in 2019". World Archery. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Gold medallists Oh, Kim joined by rookies in South Korean Olympic archery team". www.insidethegames.biz. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ^ Lloyd, Owen (24 September 2021). "South Korea sweep team recurve finals at World Archery Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Triple title sweep for Korean recurve teams in Yankton". World Archery. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  12. ^ Lee, Vanessa (17 October 2017). "Kang Chae Young: Poised for archery greatness?". World Archery. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

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