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Ki Bo-Bae
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Personal information
Born February 20, 1988 (1988-02-20) (age 36)
Anyang, Gyeonggi-do

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

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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

References

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  4. All-Time Medal Standings, Archery