Kang Chae-young
South Korean archer (born 1996)
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Kang Chae-young (Korean: 강채영, born 8 June 1996)[1] is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events. She has won numerous medals in archery competitions.
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| Born | 8 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kang was born in Ulsan, South Korea.[2] She attended Ulsan Jung-ang Elementary School.[3]
Career
At the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual recurve and women's team recurve events.[4] In the same year, she also won the gold medals in the team and mixed team events at the 2017 World Archery Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.[5]
In 2018, she represented South Korea at the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia and she won two medals: the bronze medal in the women's individual recurve event and the gold medal in the women's team recurve event.[6]
In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's recurve event in the final of the 2019 Archery World Cup.[7] This was her first Archery World Cup final.[7] She also won the stages of the competition held in both Medellín, Colombia and Shanghai, China. At the 2019 World Archery Championships, she broke the world record for the 70m ranking round with a score of 692,[8] before medalling in the individual, mixed team and team events. In that same year, she won the gold medal in the women's individual, women's team and mixed team events at the 2019 Asian Archery Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand.[9]
In 2020, she won the 2019 World Archery Athlete of the Year award in the recurve women's category.[10]
In 2021, she qualified in first place for the South Korean women's team nominated to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan[11] and won the gold medal in the women's team event. Two months later, she also won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.[12][13]
Her nickname is "The Destroyer."[14]
