Yun Ok-hee
South Korean archer, Olympic gold medalist and former world number one.
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Yun Ok-hee is a South Korean archer who won a gold medal in the team event and a silver in the individual competition at the 2006 Asian Games. She is a former world number one and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal in the individual event and a gold medal in the team event.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 1 March 1985
- Nationality
- South Korean
- Olympic medals
- 1 gold (team), 1 bronze (individual) – 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian games medals
- 2 gold (team 2006, individual and team 2010), 1 silver (individual 2006)
- World ranking
- former world number one
- World cup final win
- 2013 Archery World Cup Final
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Background
Yun Ok-hee began her international career with strong performances at the Asian Games. At the 2006 Asian Games, she won a gold medal in the team event and a silver in the individual competition. She later competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she entered as the second seed after the ranking round with 667 points. She advanced through the individual bracket, defeating Albina Kamaltdinova, Marie-Pier Beaudet, Chen Ling, and Khatuna Lorig before losing in the semi-finals to local favorite Zhang Juanjuan.
Yun scored 109 points in the bronze medal match, beating North Korean Kwon Un-sil to take the bronze. In the team event, she joined Park Sung-hyun and Joo Hyun-jung to set a world record of 231 points in the quarter-finals against Italy, then defeated France and China to win the gold medal. At the 2010 Asian Games, she won gold medals in both the individual and team events.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Yun Ok-hee (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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