Yun Mi-jin (윤미진; born April 30, 1983) is an

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 ...

from

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

who has won three Olympic gold medals and is a former world number one. She holds the Olympic record for a women's 18-arrow match, at 173 out of a possible 180. Yun set the record in

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at the

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and matched it in

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. In

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Yun placed 4th in the individual ranking round with a score of 661. In the first elimination round she beat Erika Reyes of Mexico 168-157. In the round of 32, she defeated Anna Karaseva of Belarus 162-152. In round 16, she broke the Olympic record in women's 18-arrow match in defeat of Alison Williamson of Great Britain 173 to 164. In the quarterfinals, Yun defeated Natalia Bolotova of Russia 110-105 in a 12-arrow match, and in the semi-finals the eventual bronze-medalist and compatriot

Kim Soo-nyung Kim Soo-nyung (born April 5, 1971 in Chungcheongbuk-do) is a former member of the South Korean Olympic archery team in 1988, 1992, and 2000. She has earned a total of four gold medals at the Olympics, one for the individual ...

107-105. In the final, she captured the gold by a mere point, when Yun defeated

Kim Nam-soon Kim Nam-soon (born May 7, 1980) was a member of the South Korean Olympic archery team. She won both a gold and a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. See also *Korean archery *Archery *List of South Korean archers South Korean arch ...

107-106. In

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, Yun placed 3rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 673. In the first round of elimination, she faced 62nd-ranked Hanna Karasiova of

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. Yun defeated Karasiova 162-155 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 35th-ranked

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ese archer

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, defeating 173-149 and tying her own Olympic record for score in an 18-arrow match. Yun then defeated 19th-ranked

Jennifer Nichols Jennifer L. Nichols Hardy (born October 4, 1983) is an archer from the United States. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Nichols started archery when she was twelve years old and at fifteen she won the National Youth Archery Competition. 200 ...

of the

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168-162, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Yun faced

Yuan Shu-chi Yuan Shu-chi (; born 9 November 1984 in Nantou County) is an athlete from the Republic of China. She competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Yuan represented the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. S ...

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, losing to the 6th-ranked archer to end the Korean team's hopes of sweeping the medals. The final score of 107-105 in the 12-arrow match placed Yun 5th overall in women's individual archery. She competed in the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

, where she won a gold medal in the team event and a bronze medal in the individual event, and at the

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where she won a gold medal in the team event.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yun, Mi-jin 1983 births Living people South Korean female archers Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic archers of South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in archery Asian Games medalists in archery Archers at the 2002 Asian Games Archers at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Archery Championships medalists Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in archery Universiade silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade