1. Ki Bo-bae was the winner of the women's team and women's individual events at the 2012 Summer Olympics and of the women's team event again at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she took bronze in the individual competition.
10 Facts About Ki Bo-bae
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Ki Bo-bae was introduced to archery at eleven years old when the sport was offered by her primary school.
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Ki Bo-bae has expressed an interest in working with athletes of the Paralympic Games and teaching disabled children, as well as joining the International Olympic Committee as a member to assist in future bids by South Korea to host the Summer Olympics.
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Ki Bo-bae later took what would be the first of three mixed team titles at the 2011 World Archery Championships.
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Ki Bo-bae began the preliminary 72-arrow ranking round with a score of 671 points from a maximum of 720, tying her at the top of the standings for the women's individual event with teammate Lee Sung-jin and Chinese Taipei's Tan Ya-ting.
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Ki Bo-bae admitted she did not watch Roman's shoot her arrow because she was too deep in prayer.
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Ki Bo-bae later acknowledged that she had "relaxed too much" during the trials and lost her mental focus.
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Ki Bo-bae additionally won gold in the mixed team event.
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Ki Bo-bae later defeated Lin for a second time in the women's individual recurve final.
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Ki Bo-bae was considered one of the favourites to win gold medal in the women's individual and team events, success in which would make her the first archer to defend an individual Olympic title and bring her level with the four career Olympic gold medals achieved by Kim Soo-nyung, regarded as the finest archer in the sport's history.