Yun Mi-jin

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For the Korean-American architect, see Meejin Yoon.
In this Korean name, the family name is Yun.
Yun Mi-jin
Hangul
윤미진
Hanja
尹美進
Revised RomanizationYun Mi-jin
McCune–ReischauerYun Mijin
Yun Mi-jin
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Individual
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 New York City Individual
Gold medal – first place 2003 New York City Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Madrid Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Individual
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Daegu Individual

Yun Mi-jin (

Athens, Greece
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In Sydney Yun placed 4th in the individual ranking round with a score of 661. In the first elimination round she beat Erika Reyes of Mexico 168-157. In the round of 32, she defeated Anna Karaseva of Belarus 162-152. In round 16, she broke the Olympic record in women's 18-arrow match in defeat of Alison Williamson of Great Britain 173 to 164.

In the quarterfinals, Yun defeated Natalia Bolotova of Russia 110-105 in a 12-arrow match, and in the semi-finals the eventual bronze-medalist and compatriot Kim Soo-nyung 107-105. In the final, she captured the gold by a mere point, when Yun defeated Kim Nam-soon 107-106.

In

Hanna Karasiova of Belarus. Yun defeated Karasiova 162-155 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 35th-ranked Japanese archer Sayami Matsushita, defeating 173-149 and tying her own Olympic record for score in an 18-arrow match. Yun then defeated 19th-ranked Jennifer Nichols of the United States
168-162, advancing to the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals, Yun faced Yuan Shu-chi of Chinese Taipei, losing to the 6th-ranked archer to end the Korean team's hopes of sweeping the medals. The final score of 107-105 in the 12-arrow match placed Yun 5th overall in women's individual archery.

She competed in the 2002 Asian Games, where she won a gold medal in the team event and a bronze medal in the individual event, and at the 2006 Asian Games where she won a gold medal in the team event.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Olympic results
  2. ^ "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

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