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South Korean Archer In this Korean name, the family name is Nam.

Nam Su-hyeon
Nam Su-hyeon in 2024
Personal information
Native name남수현
Born (2005-01-27) 27 January 2005 (age 20)
Suncheon, South Korea
EducationSuncheon Girls' High School [ko]
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportArchery
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Individual
Archery World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2024 Team

Nam Su-hyeon (Korean: 남수현; born 27 January 2005) is a South Korean archer. She won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's individual event. In the women's team event, she helped set an Olympic record – along with Lim Si-hyeon and Jeon Hun-young – and subsequently won the gold medal. She also placed second in the ranking round of the individual competition, behind Lim Si-hyeon, who set the world record.

Biography

Nam, the second of three children, is from Suncheon. She started practicing archery at a young age and began training fully by her third year of elementary school. She attended Suncheon Seongnam Elementary School [ko], where she won a national fifth grade title in 2016, Suncheon Pungdoek Middle School [ko], and then Suncheon Girls' High School [ko].

Nam won the 2020 National Championships and Hwaranggi National Competition. She was selected for the youth national team that year, but did not compete in any international events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, she competed at the national championship and won a silver medal in the team event, also competing at the National Sports Festival where she won a silver in the individual and a silver in the team event. She graduated from Suncheon Girls' High School in 2024.

Nam placed third at the 2024 Korean Olympic trials, securing her a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics, both in the individual event and the team event. She also competed at the 2024 Archery World Cup, helping her team to the gold medal, although she did not advance in the individual event. In the individual event at the Olympics, she placed second in the ranking round with 688 points, only behind Lim Si-hyeon, who set the Olympic record. At the team event, Nam, Lim, and Jeon Hun-young set an Olympic record with a total of 2,046 in the ranking round and later won the gold medal, the 10th consecutive time the South Korean team won the women's team event at the Olympics.

References

  1. ^ "2024 주요 리커브 대표 선수를 소개합니다~!" [Introducing the major recurve players of 2024!]. Naver.com (in Korean). Korean Archery Association. 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ "순천의 딸 남수현, 양궁 올림픽 신기록 세우며 양궁 단체전도 순항 기대" [Suncheon's daughter Nam Soo-hyun sets a new archery Olympic record and is expected to cruise in the archery team competition as well.]. Gugak Times (in Korean). 26 July 2024.
  3. Yoon, Jin-seong (10 April 2016). "순천성남초등학교 "내 꿈을 향해 10! 10! 10!"" [Suncheon Seongnam Elementary School “10 towards my dream! 10! 10!”]. Bodo News (in Korean).
  4. ^ "순천시청 직장운동부 양궁 남수현 파리올림픽 출전" [Suncheon City Hall workplace sports team archery Nam Soo-hyun participates in Paris Olympics]. IKBC.co.kr (in Korean). 13 April 2024.
  5. "'19살 남수현' 깜짝 선발…'금 5개 목표' 양궁 대표팀 확정" [‘19-year-old Nam Soo-hyun’ is a surprise selection… ‘5 gold goals’ archery team confirmed] (in Korean). KBS World Radio. 12 April 2024.
  6. "순천시 남수현, 양궁 월드컵 3차 대회 여자 단체전 우승" [Suncheon City's Nam Soo-hyeon wins the women's team event at the 3rd Archery World Cup]. Polinews.co.kr (in Korean). 24 June 2024.
  7. "Archer Lim Si-hyeon sets world record in ranking round". The Korea Times. 25 July 2024.
  8. Dang, Sheila (28 July 2024). "Archery-South Korea beat China to gold in women's team event shoot-off". Reuters.
  9. "South Korea wins 10th consecutive gold in women's archery team event". The Korea Times. 29 July 2024.

External links

Olympic Archery Champions in Women's Team
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