Choi Hyeon-ju (최현주, ; born 6 August 1984, in

Jeonbuk North Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollabuk-do''), also known as Jeonbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Jeolla has a population of 1,869,711 (2015) and has a geographic area of 8,067 km2 (3,115 sq mi) located in the Honam region in the southwest ...

) 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 m ...

. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she won gold medal in the women's team event.

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;2012 Summer Olympics Choi made her Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games as part of the South Korean women's archery team alongside

Ki Bo-bae Ki Bo-bae (Hangul: 기보배; or ; born February 20, 1988) is a South Korean recurve archer and three-time Olympic gold medalist. She was the winner of the women's team and women's individual events at the 2012 Summer Olympics and of the wo ...

and

Lee Sung-jin Lee Sung-jin (; born March 7, 1985) is a recurve archer from South Korea. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in the women's team event at the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2005, she became the women's individual recurve cha ...

. The trio collectively finished top of the team standings in the 72-arrow ranking round, which determined the seedings for the subsequent elimination rounds, with Ki and Lee heading the results for the individual event. Choi however struggled with nerves in her first Olympic competition and concluded the round twenty points adrift of her teammates, scoring 651 points from a maximum of 720 and finishing in a distant 21st place. South Korea were the overwhelming favourites to win the women's team event, and the trio comfortably defeated Denmark and Japan to reach the final against China. After a slow start – in which Choi shot the team's highest score of eight in the first set of arrows – they recovered to win South Korea's seventh successive Olympic gold medal in the discipline. Choi's medal came despite competing with shoulder pain, which she blamed for her form. Choi reached the last sixteen in the women's individual event, losing in a one arrow shoot-off to France's Berengère Schuh after tying on set points.

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* South Korean female archers Living people 1984 births Olympic archers of South Korea Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from North Jeolla Province 21st-century South Korean women {{ SouthKorea-archery-bio-stub

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