| Nam Su-hyeon | |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 2005 |
| Birth Place: | Suncheon, South Korea |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Sport: | Archery |
Nam Su-hyeon (; born 27 January 2005)[1] 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.
Nam, the second of three children, is from Suncheon.[2] She started practicing archery at a young age and began training fully by her third year of elementary school.[2] She attended, where she won a national fifth grade title in 2016,[3], and then .[1]
Nam won the 2020 National Championships and Hwaranggi National Competition.[2] She was selected for the youth national team that year, but did not compete in any international events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] 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.[4] She graduated from Suncheon Girls' High School in 2024.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[2] [8] [9]