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Jang Min-hee (
Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The ...
: 장민희, born 5 April 1999) 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 mo ...
. She won gold in the women's individual and team events at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. She also won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.


Career

She competed at the
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in
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. She won two gold medals from women's team and mixed team event, bronze medal in individual competition. She made her Olympic debut at 2020 Summer Olympics. With her teammates
Kang Chae-young Kang Chae-young (Hangul: 강채영, born 8 June 1996) is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events. She has won numerous medals in archery competitions. Career At the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan, she won the ...
and An San, they won gold medal in women's team event. Two months later, she also won the gold medal in the women's individual and
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events at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.


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* 1999 births Living people South Korean female archers Olympic archers for South Korea Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for South Korea World Archery Championships medalists 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-archery-bio-stub