Nam Su-hyeon

Nam, the second of three children, is from Suncheon.^[2] She started practicing archery at a young age and began training fully by her third year of elementary school.^[2] She attended Suncheon Seongnam Elementary School [ko], where she won a national fifth grade title in 2016,^[3] Suncheon Pungdoek Middle School [ko], and then Suncheon Girls' High School [ko].^[1]

Nam won the 2020 National Championships and Hwaranggi National Competition.^[2] She was selected for the youth national team that year, but did not compete in any international events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] In 2023, she competed at the national championship and won a silver medal in the team event, also competing at the National Sports Festival where she won a silver in the individual and a silver in the team event.^[4] She graduated from Suncheon Girls' High School in 2024.^[4]

Nam placed third at the 2024 Korean Olympic trials, securing her a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics, both in the individual event and the team event.^[5] She also competed at the 2024 Archery World Cup, helping her team to the gold medal, although she did not advance in the individual event.^[6] In the individual event at the Olympics, she placed second in the ranking round with 688 points, only behind Lim Si-hyeon, who set the Olympic record.^[7] At the team event, Nam, Lim, and Jeon Hun-young set an Olympic record with a total of 2,046 in the ranking round and later won the gold medal, the 10th consecutive time the South Korean team won the women's team event at the Olympics.^[2][8][9]

• Nam Su-hyeon at World Archery
• Nam Su-hyeon at Olympics.com