Chang Hye-jin

Chang Hye-jin

2014 Incheon
Personal information
Born May 13, 1987 (1987-05-13) (age 30)
Daegu
Education Keimyung University, Daegu Physical Education High School, Kyunghwa Girls' Middle School, Daenam Elementary School
Sport
Sport Archery
Club LH
Coached by Oh Sun-taek
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  South Korea
Summer Olympics
2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
2013 Belek Team
Summer Universiade
2009 Belgrade Team
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Team
2014 Incheon Individual
Korean name
Hangul 장혜진
Revised Romanization Jang Hye-jin
McCune–Reischauer Chang Hye-jin

Chang Hye-jin (Korean: 장혜진; Korean pronunciation: [tɕaŋ.ɦje̞.dʑin] or [tɕaŋ] [hje̞.dʑin]; born 13 May 1987 in Daegu) is a female South Korean archer.[1] She won Olympic gold in both the team and individual archery events at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

At the 2014 Incheon Asian Games she won the gold medal in the women's recurve team event along with teammates Jung Dasomi and Lee Tuk-young.[2] She also finished in second place in the women's recurve individual event. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Chang won her first Olympic gold medal as a member of the South Korean women's archery team, who defeated Russia in the final of the women's team event. The victory in Rio by the South Korean women's archery team consisting of Chang, Choi Mi-sun, and Ki Bo-bae was the eighth consecutive gold medal for South Korea in the women's team event.[3] In the women's individual event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Chang met her teammate and reigning Olympic champion Ki Bo-bae in the semifinal round, where she defeated Ki 7-3. Chang moved on to the gold medal match, where she defeated Lisa Unruh of Germany to earn her second Olympic gold medal.[4] The win moved her up to 3rd in the individual world ranking.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chang Hye-jin". www.worldarchery.org. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  2. ↑ "S. Korea wins gold in women's team recurve archery". english.yonhapnews.co.kr. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Archery: Unflappable South Koreans protect proud legacy". Reuters. 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  4. ↑ Zorowitz, Jane (August 11, 2016). "Women's individual archery: South Korea dominates again, coming away with two medals". NBCOlympics.com. Retrieved August 15, 2016.


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