Ki Bo-bae
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February 20, 1988 (age 27) Anyang, Gyeonggi-do | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ki Bo-Bae (Hangul: 기보배; born February 20, 1988 in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean archer. She took up archery in fourth grade at primary school as archery was offered as a school sport, and she now competes for the South Korean national team. As of June 2013 she is the world number one ranked archer.[1]
2012 Summer Olympics
On July 27, 2012 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she came top of the ranking round at Lord's Cricket Ground.[2] She and her teammates Lee Sung-Jin and Choi Hyeonju won South Korea's seventh consecutive gold medal in the women's team category on July 29. On August 2, she won the gold medal in the women's individual category in a shootout against Aída Román of Mexico;[3] both archers struck eight but Ki was closer to the centre of the target and ensured South Korea's second archery gold.[4]
See also
- Korean archery
- Archery
- List of South Korean archers