Jeon Hun-young (; born 29 May 1994) is a South Korean archer. She qualified for the

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: in the women's team event, she, Lim Si-hyeon, and

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set the Olympic record in the ranking round and subsequently won the gold medal, defeating China in the final.

Biography

Jeon was born in

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and grew up there. She attended , where she discovered

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. In 2024, she recalled that "At the time, there was an archery club at the school. While watching the archery team shooting arrows in the school playground, the coach called me and encouraged me to try archery, and that's how I've continued to pull the bowstring to this day." While attending in 2009, Jeon was selected to the youth national team and set a world record in the cadet category while competing at the World Youth Championships. Jeon later attended and then

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. She won silver at the national championships in 2013 and won gold in 2014. In 2014, she made the national team and participated at the World University Archery Championships, where she won gold in the mixed team event and bronze in the individual event. After she graduated from college, she competed domestically for a team representing

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and later for a team representing Incheon. She qualified for the national team in 2020, but did not compete in any international events due to the

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. She later competed at the 2024 Korean Olympic trials and placed second, thus securing a spot in the individual and team events at the

. She also participated at the 2024 Archery World Cup, winning two silver medals. In the team event at the Olympics, Jeon helped set an Olympic record and later won a gold medal, the 10th consecutive time the South Korean team won the women's team event at the Olympics.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hun-young, Jeon 1994 births Living people South Korean female archers Olympic archers for South Korea Sportspeople from Incheon Archers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in archery Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century South Korean sportswomen