Ki Bo-bae

Ki Bo-Bae

Personal information
Born	February 20, 1988 (age 28) Anyang, Gyeonggi-do
Medal record Women's Archery Competitor for  South Korea Olympic Games 2012 London Individual 2012 London Team World Championships 2011 Turin Mixed Team 2013 Belek Team 2013 Belek Mixed Team 2015 Copenhagen Individual 2015 Copenhagen Mixed Team 2011 Turin Team 2015 Copenhagen Team World Cup 2012 Tokyo Individual 2010 Edinburgh Individual Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Individual 2011 Shenzhen Team 2011 Shenzhen Mixed Team 2015 Gwangju Individual 2015 Gwangju Mixed Team 2015 Gwangju Team Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team

Ki Bo-Bae (Hangul: 기보배; born February 20, 1988 in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province) 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 August 2015 she is the world number one ranked archer.^[1] In addition she also the defending Olympic and current World Champion.

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 Hyeon-ju 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
• List of South Korean archers

References

1. "Medal Count – Olympic Results & Medalists – IOC".
2. "individual (FITA Olympic round – 70 m) women results – Archery – London 2012 Olympics".
3. "Ki Bo-bae wins gold in women's archery". Retrieved August 2, 2012.
4. All-Time Medal Standings, Archery