Ku Bon-chan ( or ; born 31 January 1993) is a South Korean recurve

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 modern ...

. He won an individual and a team gold medal at the 2016 Olympics and two team gold medals at the 2015 World Championships.

Career

He made his international debut at the

2014 Archery World Cup The 2014 Archery World Cup was the 9th edition of the annual international archery circuit, organised by the World Archery Federation. American Brady Ellison won the men's Recurve bow, recurve competition for a record third time, beating 16-ye ...

after having participated in numerous Asian competitions prior. Ku competed in the individual recurve event, team recurve event, and recurve mixed team event at the

2015 World Archery Championships The 2015 World Archery Championships was the 48th edition of the event. It was held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 26 July to 2 August 2015 and was organised by World Archery Federation (formerly known as FITA). Qualification and elimination round ...

in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he took home gold medals in the team recurve event and recurve mixed team event. Ku represented South Korea in the men's team archery event and men's individual archery event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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. Ku and the South Korean team won the gold medal in the team event. Ku shot six consecutive perfect tens across three sets in the gold medal match against the United States. South Korea's victory against the United States marked the first time a South Korean archery team had beaten an archery team from the United States at the Olympics. In the men's individual archery event, Ku defeated Frenchman

Jean-Charles Valladont Jean-Charles Valladont (born 20 March 1989) is a French archer. He competed at the 2008, 2016 and 2024 Summer Olympics, the latter two in which he won silver medals. He won another silver medal at the 2015 World Cup.1993 births Living people South Korean male archers Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in archery Archers at the 2014 Asian Games World Archery Championships medalists Olympic archers for South Korea Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in archery Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in archery FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Korea South Korean Buddhists Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade People from Gyeongju Sportspeople from North Gyeongsang Province Bon-chan 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-archery-bio-stub