Thursday, August 1, 2019

THE BEST RECURVE ARCHER-KU BON CHAN

Ku Bon-chan (Korean pronunciation: [ku.bon.tɕʰan] or [ku][pon.tɕʰan]; born 31 January 1993) is a South Korean recurve archer. He won an individual and a team gold medal at the 2016 Olympics and two team gold medals at the 2015 World Championships.


Ku Bon-chan
Ku Bon-chan Rio2016.jpg
Ku at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name구본찬
Born31 January 1993(age 26)[1]
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country South Korea
SportArchery
Event(s)recurve
ClubAndong National University[2]
Coached byPark Chae-soon[3]
Moon Hyung-Cheol (national)[4]
Ku Bon-Chan with coach after winnig gold medal in 2016 olympics

He made his international debut at the 2014 Archery World Cup after having participated in numerous Asian competitions prior. Ku competed in the individual recurve eventteam recurve event, and recurve mixed team event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he took home gold medals in the team recurve event and recurve mixed team event. Ku represented South Korea in the men's team archery event and men's individual archery event at the 2016 Summer Olympicsin Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ku and the South Korean team won the gold medal in the team event. Ku shot six consecutive perfect tens across three sets in the gold medal match against the United States.

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