Kim Soo-nyung

Kim Soo-nyung (born April 5, 1971 in Chungcheongbuk-do)[1] is a former member of the South Korean Olympic archery team in 1988, 1992, and 2000.

Kim Soo-nyung

Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	Individual
	1988 Seoul	Team
	1992 Barcelona	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
	1992 Barcelona	Individual
	2000 Sydney	Individual
Asian Games
	1990 Beijing	Team
	1986 Beijing	Individual
World Championships
	1989 Lausanne	Individual
	1989 Lausanne	Team
	1991 Krakow	Individual
	1991 Krakow	Team

Kim Soo-nyung
Hangul	김수녕
Hanja	金秀寧
Revised Romanization	Gim Su-nyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Su-nyǒng

She has earned a total of four gold medals at the Olympics, one for the individual event in 1988 and three for the team event in 1988, 1992 and 2000. She won a further silver medal in 1992 and a bronze in 2000, both for the individual events. She retired after the 1992 Olympics to marry and raise two children, resuming her training in 1999, in the lead up to the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2]

She competed at the 1986 Asian Games winning a gold medal in the team event and a bronze in the individual.[3] She also won two consecutive individual and team world championships in 1989 and 1991.[2]

In 2011, Kim was declared the Female Archer of the 20th Century by the International Archery Federation (FITA).[4]

See also

• Korean archery
• Archery
• List of South Korean archers

References

1. "Kim Su-Nyeong Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
2. "Soo-Nyung KIM - Olympic Archery | Republic of Korea". International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
3. "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
4. "28 June 2011 - Athlete of the Century: KIM Soo-Nyung (KOR)". World Archery. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2019.