Bang Hyun-joo

Bang Hyun-joo (born 17 July 1966) is a South Korean sport shooter who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]

Bang Hyun-joo
Personal information
Born (1966-07-17) 17 July 1966
Korean name
Hangul
방현주
Hanja
方賢珠
Revised RomanizationBang Hyeonju
McCune–ReischauerPang Hyŏnju
Sport
SportShooting sport

Bang graduated from Sinmyeong Girls High School[n 1] in Daegu in 1985, and then joined the South Korean national shooting team in early 1986.[2] In domestic competition, she represented Kookmin Bank team. She was part of the women's 10m air pistol team which set the new South Korean national record at the 2nd Chairman's Flag National Shooting Championships[n 2] in May 1986 with a score of 1129, which was the Kookmin Bank team's first national record.[3] Later that year in shooting at the 1986 Asian Games, she won bronze in the women's individual 10m air pistol.[4] In 1987 her team again set a new South Korean national record in women's team 10m air pistol at the 3rd Chairman's Flag National Shooting Championships with a score of 1135.[5] At the 1990 UIT World Cups, in Mexico City she won gold in the women's team air pistol event along with teammates Hong Young-ok and Lee Sun-bok, and then in Los Angeles a silver in the women's individual air pistol.[6][7]

Notes
  1. Korean: 신명여자고등학교; Hanja: 信明女子高等學校
  2. Korean: 회장기 전국사격대회; Hanja: 會長旗全國射擊大會

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bang Hyun-joo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. 方賢珠 사격 한국신2 [Bang Hyun-joo sets two new South Korean records in shooting]. The Dong-A Ilbo. 14 April 1988. p. 10. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. 공기권총 女단체서 國民銀팀 첫한국新 [In women's team air pistol, Kookmin Bank team sets first new South Korean record]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 15 May 1985. p. 8. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. 方賢珠 공기권총 개인「銅」 日도 善戰 금메달 2개따내 [Bang Hyun-joo gets bronze in individual air pistol; Japan also performs well, gets two golds]. The Dong-A Ilbo. 23 September 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. 국민銀 사격 韓國新 또 경신 [Kookmin Bank team sets South Korean record and competition record]. The Dong-A Ilbo. 7 July 1987. p. 5. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. 한국女子 월드컵사격 金둘 [South Korean women get gold at shooting World Cup]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 29 March 1990. p. 11. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. 韓國여자 銀두개 따내 [South Korean women get two silvers]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 7 April 1990. p. 11. Retrieved 3 September 2017.


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