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An San
An San (Hangul: 안산; Hanja: 安山, born 27 February 2001) is a South Korean archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ... competing in women's recurve events. She won three gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Women's team, women's team, Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Mixed team, mixed team and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's individual, Individual events, becoming the first archer in Olympic history to do so at a single Games. An also set a List of Olympic records in archery, new Olympic Record scoring 680 points at the Women's Individual Archery's Ranking Round. The previous record of 673 points was set by Ukrainian Lina Herasymenko at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Career 2017–2019: Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwangju
Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County in 2005 because Gwangju was promoted to a metropolitan city and was independent of South Jeolla province. Its name is composed of the words ''Gwang'' () meaning "light" and ''Ju'' () meaning "province". Gwangju was historically recorded as ''Muju'' (), in which "Silla merged all of the land to establish the provinces of Gwangju, Ungju, Jeonju, Muju and various counties, plus the southern boundary of Goguryeo and the ancient territories of Silla" in the ''Samguk Sagi.'' In the heart of the agricultural Jeolla region, the city is also famous for its rich and diverse cuisine. History The city was established in 57 BC. It was one of the administrative centers of Baekje during the Three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020, the event was postponed to 2021, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the ''Tokyo 2020'' branding for marketing purpose.Multiple sources: * * * It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and so far only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. The Games were the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss Civil Code (articles 60–79). Founded by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas in 1894, it is the authority responsible for organising the modern ( Summer, Winter, and Youth) Olympic Games. The IOC is the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and of the worldwide "Olympic Movement", the IOC's term for all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games. As of 2020, there are 206 NOCs officially recognised by the IOC. The current president of the IOC is Thomas Bach. The stated mission of the IOC is to promote the Olympics throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement: *To encourage and support the organization, development, and coordination of sport and sports competitions; *To ensure the regular c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Je-deok
Kim Je-deok ( ko, 김제덕; born 12 April 2004) is a South Korean archer. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in the mixed team and men's team events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.He was the youngest archer competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career Kim got into archery in 2013 when he was nine. After an appearance on SBS's variety show "Finding Genius" in 2016 at the age of 12, he was nicknamed as " Archery Genius ". He participated in 2019 World Archery Youth Championships, received attention by winning a gold medal in the team event and a bronze medal in the individual event. At the end of 2019, in the national selection for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he placed 14th in the first round, but withdrew from the competition due to shoulder impingement syndrome. However, in March 2020, as the Tokyo Olympics were delayed by one year due to the pandemic of COVID-19, Kim recovered from his injury and was able to participate again in the national team competition he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Chae-young
Kang Chae-young (Hangul: 강채영, born 8 June 1996) is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events. She has won numerous medals in archery competitions. Career At the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual recurve and women's team recurve events. In the same year, she also won the gold medals in the team and mixed team events at the 2017 World Archery Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico. In 2018, she represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia and she won two medals: the bronze medal in the women's individual recurve event and the gold medal in the women's team recurve event. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's recurve event in the final of the 2019 Archery World Cup. This was her first Archery World Cup final. She also won the stages of the competition held in both Medellín, Colombia and Shanghai, China. At the 2019 World Archery Championships, she bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Min-hee
Jang Min-hee (Hangul: 장민희, born 5 April 1999) is a South Korean archer. She won gold in the women's individual and team events at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. She also won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Career She competed at the 2019 World Archery Youth Championships in Madrid, Spain. She won two gold medals from women's team and mixed team event, bronze medal in individual competition. She made her Olympic debut at 2020 Summer Olympics. With her teammates Kang Chae-young and An San, they won gold medal in women's team event. Two months later, she also won the gold medal in the women's individual and women's team events at the 2021 World Archery Championships The 2021 World Archery Championships was held from 20 to 26 September 2021 in Yankton, United States. Medals summary Recurve Compound Medals table References External links Results Book {{World Archer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Target Archery
Target archery is the most popular form of archery, in which members shoot at stationary circular targets at varying distances. All types of bow – longbow, barebow, recurve and compound – can be used. In Great Britain, imperial rounds, measured in yards, are still used for many tournaments and these have slightly different rules to metric (WA) rounds, which are used internationally. Archers are divided into seniors and juniors, with juniors being those under the age of 21. Modern competitive target archery is governed by the World Archery Federation (abbreviated WA), formerly FITA – Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc. WA is the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) recognized governing body for all of archery and Olympic rules are derived from the WA rules. Currently 142 nations are represented by WA archery governing bodies. The largest of these are the FFTA (French archery federation) with approximately 60,000 members, FITARCO (Italian federation), DSB (German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Archery World Cup
The 2019 Archery World Cup, also known as the Hyundai Archery World Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th edition of the international archery circuit organised annually by World Archery. The 2019 World Cup consisted of five events, and ran from 22 April to 7 September 2019. Calendar The calendar for the 2019 World Cup, announced by World Archery. Results Recurve Men's individual Women's individual Men's team Women's team Mixed team Compound Men's individual Women's individual Men's team Women's team Mixed team Medals table References External links World Archery website {{DEFAULTSORT:Archery World Cup, 2019 Archery World Cup World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... International archery competitions hosted by Colombia 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Archery Youth Championships ...
The 2017 World Archery Youth Championships was the 15th edition of World Youth Archery Championships. The event was held in Rosario, Argentina 2-8 October 2017, and was organised by World Archery. Junior events were held for those under 20, and Cadet for those under 17. Medal summary Junior Recurve Compound Cadet Recurve Compound Medal table References {{reflist 2017 International archery competitions hosted by Argentina Sport in Rosario, Santa Fe World Championship World Archery World Archery World Archery Youth Championships The World Archery Youth Championships, an international competition in archery, have been held in alternate years since 1991 each time in a different host city. There are events in cadet and junior categories using the recurve and compound bows. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, and marked the centennial of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games. These were also the first Summer Olympics since 1924 to be held in a different year than the Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics, as part of a new International Olympic Committee, IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years. The 1996 Games were the first of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predominantly English-speaking world, English-speaking country preceding the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. These were also the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Herasymenko
Lina Serhiyivna Herasymenko ( uk, Ліна Сергіївна Герасименко; born 29 September 1974) is a Ukrainian archer. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she placed 23rd in the individual contest, and fifth in the team contest. At those Games she also set the Olympic record Olympic records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games, including: * Archery (list) * Alpine skiing (records recognized only by FIS) * Athletics (list) ... in 72 arrow ranking round (673) which lasted until July 23, 2021, when it was beaten in the qualification round by the South Korean archer An San (680). References Ukrainian female archers 1974 births Living people Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Ukraine Sportspeople from Chernivtsi {{Ukraine-archery-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Olympic Records In Archery
This is a list of Olympic records in archery. Men's records Women's records Mixed team record References ;general: * * * * * * * * *https://worldarchery.sport/world-records ;specific: Notes {{Lists of Olympic records Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ... List of records Archery records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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