List of South Korean archers explained

South Korean archers have been dominant in modern competitive archery, particularly in the Olympic recurve discipline, since the 1980s, thanks to a mixture of public interest, domestic competition, coaching for children, innovative coaching methods, significant funding and state-of-the-art facilities.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} This is a partial list and timeline of archers from South Korea who have represented their country in international competitions.

List

Recurve

width=200	Name	width=100	Korean name	width=50	Gender	width=50	Born	width=200	Olympic Games (1972-)^[5]	width=200	Asian Games (1978-)	width=200	World Championships (1931-)^[6]	width=200	Asian Championships (1980-)^[7]	width=200	World Cup (2006-)^[8] ^[9]
An Jea-soon		F				1979
An Se-jin	안세진	F	1981				2007 T
Chang Hye-jin	장혜진	F	1987	2016 I T		2013 T		2012 2013 2014
Cho Mi-suk	조미숙	F	1977			1995
Cho Youn-jeong	조윤정	F	1969	1992 I T		1991 T 1993 T I
Choi Eun-young	최은영	F	1984			2007 T		2007 I
Choi Hyeon-ju	최현주	F	1984					2012 I
Choi Jin	최진	F	1980
Choi Mi-sun	최미선	F	1996				2013 T X
Choi Nam-ok	최남옥	F	1982			2001 T
Choi Won-jong	최원종	M	1978			2005 T T
Choi Won-tae	최원태	M
Choi Young-kwang	최영광	M	1985			2003 T
Chun In-soo	전인수	M	1965		1986 T I	1983 T 1985 T 1987 1991 T
Chung Chang-sook	정창숙	F	1973			1997 1999		2007
Chung Jae-hun	정재헌	M	1974		1994 I T	1991 T I 2005 I T	1999 I T
Eum Sun-ki		M			1982 T	1981
Han Gyeong-hee	한경희	F	1992			2011 T		2011
Han Hee-jeong	한희정	F	1972		1994 I T
Han Seung-hoon	한승훈	M		1992	1998 I T 2002 T	1993 1995 2005	1999 T I
Ho Jin-soo	호진수	M				1985 T
Hong Sung-chil	홍성칠	M				1997 1999 I T	1997 I T
Hwang Jin-hae	황진해	F	1976
Hwang Jin-woo	황진우	M					1999 T I
Hwang Sook-zoo	황숙주	F				1979 T 1981 T
Im Dong-hyun	임동현	M	1986	2004 T 2008 T 2012 T	2002 I T 2006 I T 2010 T	2003 I T 2007 I T 2009 I T 2011 T X 2013	2005 I	2006 2007 2008 I 2009 2010 I 2011 2012 2013
Im Ji-wan	임지완	M
Jang Yong-ho	장용호	M	1976	1996 T 2000 T 2004 T	2006 T	1997 T I 1999 T 2003 T
Jin Jae-wang	진재왕	M	1990				2013 T
Joo Hyun-jung	주현정	F	1982			2009 I T	2009 I T 2013 T	2008 2009 2010 2013 2014
Jun Jea-bong	정재봉	F				1983 T I
Jung Dasomi	정다소미	F	1990		2014 I T	2011 T	2013 T I	2011 X 2014
Jung Seung-hwa	정승화	F	1986					2007
Jung Sung-won	정성원	M	1988				2013 T I
Kang Hyun-ji	강현지	F	1978			1997 T	1997 T I 1999 I	2007
Ki Bo-bae	기보배	F	1988		2010 T	2011 X T 2013 T X		2010 I 2011 2012 I
Kim Bo-ram	김보람	M	1973			1997 T 1999 T	1997 T I 2005 I 2007 T
Kim Bub-min	김법민	M	1991					2012
Kim Byung-kap		M				1983 T
Kim Chung-tae	김청태	M	1980	2000 T
Kim Du-ri	김두리	F	1980			1997 I T	1999 T I
Kim Hyo-jung	김효정	F				1993 I T
Kim Jae-hyeong	김재형	M						2008
Kim Jae-rak		M				1995 T
Kim Jin-ho	김진호	F	1961	1984 I	1978 I T 1982 T I 1986 I T	1979 I T 1983 I T 1985 T I
Kim Jo-sun	김조순	F	1975	1996 T	1998 I T	1995 T 1997 T I 1999 I
Kim Kyung-ho	김경호	M			1998 T T 2002 T	1993 I T 1997 I T
Kim Kyung-wook	김경욱	F	1970	1996 I T		1989 T I 2001 I T
Kim Mi-ja	김미자	F			1986 T I
Kim Mi-young	김미영	M			1982 T I	1983 T
Kim Mun-joung	김문정	F	1981		2002 T I 2010		2009 T	2010
Kim Nam-soon	김남순	F	1980	2000 T I
Kim Sek-keoan	김석관	M			2002
Kim Seong-hoon	김성훈	M	1991				2009 T
Kim Soo-nyung	김수녕	F	1971	1988 I T 1992 T I 2000 T I	1990 T I	1989 I T 1991 I T
Kim Sun-bin	김선빈	M			1990 T I
Kim Sung-nam		M
Kim Won-sub	김원섭	M				2001	2001 I
Kim Woo-jin	김우진	M	1992		2010 I T 2014			2010 2011 2012 I 2014
Kim Yeon-chul	김연철	M				2007 T
Kim Young-woon		M			1982 T I	1983
Kim Yu-mi	김유미	F	1986				2009 T I	2006 2007
Koo Ja-chung	구자청	M		1984	1986 T I	1983 T 1985 T I 1987
Ku Bon-chan	구본찬	M	1993		2014 T		2013 T X	2014
Kwak Ye-ji	곽예지	F	1992			2009 T I		2008 2009 I
Lee Chang-hwan	이창환	M	1982		2006 2010	2001 T 2007 T 2009 I T	2009 T	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Lee Dong-wook	이동욱	M					2003 I
Lee Eun-kyung	이은경	F	1972	1992 T	1990 T I 1994 I T 1998 T I	1991 T I 1993 T 1999 I
Lee Han-sup	이한섭	M	1966			1989 T
Lee Hee-jung	이희정	F	1974			1993 1999	1999 T I
Lee Hee-sik		M		1992
Lee Hye-yeon	이혜연	F	1981					2007
Lee Hyun-jeong	이현정	F	1983			2003 T I
Lee Jang-mi	이장미	F			1990 I T
Lee Jeong-keun		M
Lee Kyung-chul	이경철	M				1995 I T
Lee Mi-jeong	이미정	F	1979		1998 T
Lee Seon-hee	이선희	M				1991
Lee Seung-yong		M					2009 T
Lee Seung-yun	이승윤	M	1995		2014 T	2013 I		2013 2014
Lee Sung-jin	이성진	F	1985			2005 I	2007 I T	2006 2007 2012
Lee Tuk-young	이특영	F	1989			2005 T I 2007 T		2006 2007 2014
Lee Young-ho		M
Lim Chae-woong		M				1981
Lim In-tak		M				1981
Lim Jung-ah	임정아	F			1994 I T
Na Young-ha		F					1999 T
Oh Jin-hyek	오진혁	M	1981	2012 I T	2010 T 2014 I T	1999 2009 T 2011 T I 2013 X I	2007 T	2009 2010 2011 X 2012 2013 I X 2014
Oh Kyo-moon	오교문	M	1972	1996 T I 2000 T	1994 T 1998 T	1995 T I	1997 I T
Oh Young-sook	오영숙	F
Park Hye-youn	박회윤	F	1976		2002 T
Park Jae-pyo		M			1990 T	1989 T
Park Jung-ah	박정아	F				1985 T 1987 T
Park Kyung-mo	박경모	M	1975		1994 I T 2006 T	1993 I T 2001 T I 2003 2005 T	2005 I 2007 I T	2006 I 2008
Park Kyung-sang		M
Park Mi-kyung	박미경	F				1989 2003
Park Sung-hyun	박성현	F	1983	2004 I T 2008 T I			2005 I	2006 2007 2008 I
Park Sung-soo	박성수	M	1970
Park Young-sook	박영숙	F			1982 T	1979 T 1981 T 1983
Seo Hyang-soon	서향순	F	1967	1984 I
Seo Man-kyo	서남교	M
Wang Hee-kyung	왕희경	F	1970			1987 I T 1989 T
Whang Gin-woo		M
Woo Songi	우송기	F	1984
Yang Chang-hoon	양창훈	M			1986 T I 1990 I T	1987 1989 T 1991 T
Yang Kyung-soon	양경순	F				1981 T 1985
Yeon Jung-ki	연정기	M				2001 I T		2006
Yoom Yoon-ja	염연자	F	1973			1995 T I
Yoon Hye-young	윤혜영	F	1977	1996 T			1997 I T
Yun Mi-jin	윤미진	F	1983	2000 I T 2004 T	2002 T I 2006	2003 I T 2005 T	2005 I	2006
Yun Ok-hee	윤옥희	F	1985	2008 T I	2006 I T 2010 I T	2009 T 2013 T I	2005 I 2007 T	2006 2008 I 2009 I 2010 I 2013 I X
Yun Young-sook	윤영숙	F	1971

Compound

width=200	Name	width=100	Korean name	width=50	Gender	width=50	Born	width=200	Olympic Games not competed	width=200	Asian Games (2014-)	width=200	World Championships (1995-)	width=200	Asian Championships (tbc-)	width=200	World Cup (2006-)
Choi Bo-min		F			2014 I T	2013	2013 I T	2013 2014
Choi Yong-hee		M			2014 T	2011 X 2013	2011 T 2013 T	2013 2014
Han Seung-hoon	한승훈	M
Hwang Saengwook	황생욱	M					2009
Jo Young-joon		M
Kim Dong-gyu		M
Kim Hyo-sun		F
Kim Hyung-il		M					2011 T
Kim Jong-ho		M				2011 2013	2013 T
Kim Yun-hee		F			2014 T
Kwon Oh-hyang		F
Lee Hyun-jeong		F						2013 2014
Min Li-hong		M			2014 T	2011 2013	2011 X T I 2013 T	2013 2014
Seo Jung-hee		F				2007 2011 2013	2009 T 2011 T	2013
Seok Ji-hyun		F				2011 X 2013	2009 I T 2013 I T	2013 2014
Yang Young-ho		M			2014 T			2014
Youn So-jung		F						2013
Yun Jae-won		F				2011	2013 I T

Timeline

The following tables show which archers were selected to represent South Korea at each year's major competition, the Olympic Games, Asian Games and World Archery Championships, and medals won at each event.

Key

Part of South Korean representation at competition

Not part of South Korean representation at competition

Competition not held

I Individual

T Team

X Mixed team

1970-1979

Recurve

Name	Hangul	Gender	Born	width=50	1970	width=50	1971	width=50	1972	width=50	1973	width=50	1974	width=50	1975	width=50	1976	width=50	1977	width=50	1978	width=50	1979	1980-1989
					WAC	OG	WAC		WAC	OG	WAC	AG	WAC
Kim Jin-ho	김진호	F	1961									I T	I T	active->
Hwang Sook-zoo	황숙주	F										T	T	active->
Oh Young-sook		F										T
Park Young-sook	박영숙	F											T	active->
An Jea-soon		F
Total

1980-1989

Recurve

Name	Hangul	Gender	Born	1970-1979	width=50	1980	width=50	1981	width=50	1982	width=50	1983	width=50	1984	width=50	1985	width=75	1986	width=50	1987	width=50	1988	width=50	1989	1990-1999
					OG^[10]	WAC^[11]	AG	WAC	OG	WAC	AG^[12]	WAC	OG	WAC
Lim Chae-woong		M
Lim In-tak		M
Park Ibk-soo ^[13]		M
Eum Sun-ki		M					T
Hwang Sook-zoo	황숙주	F		<-active		T
Park Young-sook	박영숙	F		<-active		T	T
Yang Kyung-soon		F				T
Kim Jin-ho	김진호	F	1961	<-active			T I	I T	I	T I	I-30m I-60m T I I-70m
Kim Young-woon		M					T I
Lee Young-ho		M					T
Kim Mi-young		F					T I	T
Chun In-soo	전인수	M	1965					T		T	T I-30m I-70m I-90m		T		active->
Koo Ja-chung		M						T		T I	T I-30m I-70m I-90m I
Kim Byung-kap		M						T
Jun Jea-bong	정재봉	F						T I
Choi Won-tae		M
Seo Hyang-soon	서향순	F							I	T
Ho Jin-soo		M								T
Seo Man-kyo		M
Park Jung-ah		F								T	T I I-50m I-30m I-60m I-70m	T
Yang Chang-hoon		M									T I-30m I-50m I-70m I			T	active->
Park Kyung-sang		M
Kim Mi-ja		F									T I-50m I I-30m
Lee Seon-hee		F													active->
Wang Hee-kyung	왕희경	F	1970									I T	T I	T
Park Sung-soo		M	1970										T I
Lee Han-sup		M	1966										T	T
Kim Soo-nyung	김수녕	F	1971										I T	I T	active->
Yun Young-sook	윤영숙	F	1971										T I
Park Jae-pyo		M												T	active->
Lee Jeong-keun		M
Kim Kyung-wook		F	1970											T I	active->
Park Mi-kyung		F													active->
Total											^[14]

1990-1999

Recurve

Name	Hangul	Gender	Born	1980-1989	width=50	1990	width=50	1991	width=50	1992	width=50	1993	width=50	1994	width=50	1995	width=50	1996	width=50	1997	width=50	1998	width=50	1999	2000-2009
					AG	WAC	OG	WAC	AG	WAC	OG	WAC	AG	WAC
Yang Chang-hoon		M		<-active	I T	T
Kim Sun-bin		M			T I
Park Jae-pyo		M		<-active	T
Lee Jang-mi		F			I T
Lee Eun-kyung	이은경	F	1972		T I	T I	T	T	I T				T I	I
Kim Soo-nyung	김수녕	F	1971	<-active	T I	I T	T I								active->
Chung Jae-hun	정재헌	M	1974			T I	I		I T						active->
Chun In-soo	전인수	M	1965	<-active		T
Whang Gin-woo		M
Cho Youn-jeong	조윤정	F	1969			T	I T	T I
Lee Seon-hee		F		<-active
Han Seung-hoon	한승훈	M											I T		active->
Lee Hee-sik		M
Park Kyung-mo	박경모	M	1975					I T	I T						active->
Kim Kyung-ho		M						I T				I T	T I		active->
Kim Sung-nam		M						T
Lee Hee-jung		F
Kim Hyo-jung	김효정	F						I T
Oh Kyo-moon	오교문	M	1972						T	T I	T I		T		active->
Lim Jung-ah		F							I T
Han Hee-jeong		F							I T
Lee Kyung-chul	이귱출	M								I T
Kim Jae-rak		M								T
Yoom Yoon-ja		F								T I
Hwang Jin-hae		F								T
Kim Jo-sun		F	1975							T	T	T I	I T	I
Cho Mi-suk		F
Jang Yong-ho	장용호	M	1976								T	T I		T	active->
Kim Bo-ram		M	1976								T	T		T
Kim Kyung-wook		F	1970	<-active							I T				active->
Yoon Hye-young	윤혜영	F	1977								T
Hong Sung-chil	홍숭칠	M												I T
Kim Du-ri	김둘이	F										I T
Kang Hyun-ji		F										T
Chung Chang-sook		F
Lee Mi-jeong		F											T
Oh Jin-hyek	오진혁	M	1981												active->
Total

2000-2009

Recurve

Name	Hangul	Gender	Born	1990-1999	width=50	2000	width=50	2001	width=50	2002	width=50	2003	width=50	2004	width=50	2005	width=50	2006	width=50	2007	width=50	2008	width=50	2009	2010-2019
					OG	WAC	AG	WAC	OG	WAC	AG	WAC	OG	WAC
Jang Yong-ho	장용호	M	1976	<-active	T				T		T
Kim Chung-tae	김청태	M	1980		T
Oh Kyo-moon	오교문	M	1972	<-active	T
Yun Mi-jin	윤미진	F	1984		I T		I T	I T	T	T
Kim Nam-soon	김남순	F	1980		I T
Kim Soo-nyung	김수녕	F	1971	<-active	I T
Yeon Jung-ki	연웅기	M				I T
Park Kyung-mo	박경모	M	1975	<-active		I T			T	T	T		I T
Lee Chang-hwan	이창환	M	1982			T						T	T	I T	active->
Kim Won-sub		M	1982
Park Sung-hyun	박성현	F	1983			I T		I T	I T	I T	I T	I T	I T
Kim Kyung-wook	곽예지	F	1970	<-active		I T
Choi Nam-ok		F				T
Choi Jin		F
Im Dong-hyun	임동현	M	1986				I T	I T	T		I T	I T	T	I T	active->
Han Seung-hoon	한승훈	M		<-active			T
Kim Kyung-ho		M		<-active			T
Kim Sek-keoan		M
Kim Mun-joung		F	1981				I T								active->
Park Hye-youn		F					T
Choi Young-kwang		M						T
Lee Hyun-jeong		F						I T
Park Mi-kyung		F		<-active
Lee Sung-jin	이성진	F	1985						I T	I					active->
Chung Jae-hun	정재헌	M	1974	<-active						I T
Choi Won-jong	최원종	M	1978							I T
Lee Tuk-young	이특영	F	1989							I T	T	T
Yun Ok-hee	윤옥희	F	1985								I T		I T	T	active->
Kim Yeon-chul		M										T
Choi Eun-young		F										T
Joo Hyun-jung	주현정	F	1982										T	I T	active->
Oh Jin-hyek	오진혁	M	1981	<-active										T	active->
Kwak Ye-ji	곽예지	F	1992											I T
Total

2010-2019

Recurve

Name	Hangul	Gender	Born	2000-2009	width=50	2010	width=50	2011	width=50	2012	width=50	2013	width=50	2014	width=50	2015	width=50	2016	width=50	2017	width=50	2018	width=50	2019	2020-2029
					AG	WAC	OG	WAC	AG	WAC	OG	WAC	AG	WAC
Im Dong-hyun	임동현	M	1986	<-active	T	T X	T
Kim Woo-jin	김우진	M	1992		I T	I T
Oh Jin-hyek	오진혁	M	1981	<-active	T	T I	I T	X I	I T
Lee Chang-hwan	이창환	M	1982	<-active
Yun Ok-hee	윤옥희	F	1985	<-active	I T			T I
Ki Bo-bae	기보배	F	1988		T	X T	I T	T X
Joo Hyun-jung	주현정	F	1982	<-active	T
Kim Mun-joung		F	1981	<-active
Jung Dasomi	정다소미	F	1990			T			I T
Han Gyeong-hee	한경희	F	1992			T
Kim Bub-min	김법민	M	1991				T
Choi Hyeon-ju	최현주	F	1984				T
Lee Sung-jin	이성진	F	1985	<-active			T
Lee Seung-yun	이승윤	M	1995					I	T
Chang Hye-jin	장혜진	F	1987					T	T I
Ku Bon-chan	구본찬	M	1993						T
Lee Tuk-young	이특영	F	1989	<-active					T
Choi Mi-Sun	최미선	F	1996
Kang Chae-young	강채영	F	1996
Total

See also

• Korean archery
• Archery

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monaghan . Matt . London 2012: Secrets behind South Korea's archery success - BBC Sport . Bbc.co.uk . 2012-07-20 . 2021-11-19.
2. Web site: News | Rio 2016 . 2014-08-15 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140822161754/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/news/south-korea-dominates-world-archery . 2014-08-22 .
3. News: South Koreans Still Unbowed in Archery . Wall Street Journal . 30 June 2011 . Espinoza . Javier .
4. News: Olympics-Archery-Get me a Korean ... Any Korean! . Reuters . 27 July 2012 .
5. Web site: Olympic Games, Medals, Results & Latest News . Olympics.com . 21 May 2023.
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-08-18 . 2014-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140817070710/http://www.worldarchery.org/EVENTS/World-Championships/Archive . dead .
7. Records are incomplete
8. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-08-19 . 2014-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702110554/http://www.worldarchery.org/EVENTS/World-Cup/Archive . dead .
9. Only medals won at the World Cup Final are shown
10. South Korea was part of the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott so did not send representation
11. World Archery records appear to be incomplete
12. At the 1986 Asian Games, individual medals were awarded for each shooting distance, as well as the cumulative totals
13. http://www.worldarchery.org/UserFiles/Document/Results/Results/Before2006/Outdoor/1981_Outdoor.pdf Record appears to be incorrect
14. Counting just the overall team and individual events, the final total is: 3xGold 2xSilver 2xBronze