- Yun Mi-Jin
Infobox Korean name|tablewidth=280
hangul=윤미진
hanja=尹美進
rr=Yun Mi-jin
mr=Yun MijinYun Mi-Jin (born
April 30 1983 ) is an archer fromSouth Korea . She holds the Olympic record for a women's 18-arrow match, at 173 out of a possible 180. Yun set the record inSydney, Australia at the2000 Summer Olympics and matched it inAthens, Greece .Yun represented Korea at the
2004 Summer Olympics . She placed 3rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 673. In the first round of elimination, she faced 62nd-rankedHanna Karasiova ofBelarus . Yun defeated Karasiova 162-155 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 35th-rankedJapan ese archerSayami Matsushita , defeating 173-149 and tying her own Olympic record for score in an 18-arrow match. Yun then defeated 19th-rankedJennifer Nichols of theUnited States 168-162, advancing to the quarterfinals.In the quarterfinals, Yun faced
Yuan Shu Chi ofChinese 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.Yun was also a member of the team that won the gold medal for Korea in the women's team-archery competition.
ee also
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List of South Korean archers
*List of people of Korean descent
*Yun (Korean name)
*Gungdo
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