Ki Bo-bae

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ki Bo-bae
Occupation	Archer
Date Of Birth	Feb 20, 1988(1988-02-20)
Age	36
Birthplace	South Korea
Country	South Korea
Horoscope	Pisces

Ki Bo-bae Biography

Ki Bo-bae is one of the most popular and richest Archer who was born on February 20, 1988 in South Korea, South Korea. South Korean archery champion who won gold medals in the team and individual categories at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. A year later, she won two more gold medals at the World Archery Championships.

She and male South Korean archer Oh Jin-hyek both won gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Ki Bo-bae (Hangul: 기보배; Korean pronunciation: [ki.bo.bɛ̝] or [ki] [po.bɛ̝] ; born February 20, 1988) is a South Korean recurve archer and three-time Olympic gold medalist. She 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 also took bronze in the individual competition. Her tally of four Olympic medals places her among the most decorated archers in Olympic history.

Ki was selected for the South Korean archery team alongside Joo Hyun-jung and Yun Ok-hee to contest the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. Although eliminated by Cheng Meng of China in the quarter-finals of the women’s individual competition, she won the gold medal in the women’s event with Joo and Yun after the trio defeated the Chinese team in the final. At the 2011 Archery World Cup’s second stage in Antalya she achieved a further team gold medal as well as a silver medal in the individual competition, finishing as runner-up to teammate Jung Dasomi. She later took what would be the first of three mixed team titles at the 2011 World Archery Championships.

Her parents were supportive of her love of archery and frequently shuttled her to and from practices.

Ki Bo-bae Net Worth

Ki Bo-bae is one of the richest Archer from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ki Bo-bae 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She began competing in archery in fourth grade.

In 2013, she was ranked as the world’s top female archer.

Ki Bo-bae was born on February 20, 1988. She was introduced to archery at eleven years old when the sport was offered by her primary school.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Ki Bo-bae height 5 ft 6 in Ki weight 125 lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Ki Bo-bae Dating?

According to our records, Ki Bo-bae married to Sung Min-soo. As of December 1, 2023, Ki Bo-bae’s is not dating anyone.

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After shooting poorly in the national trials for the upcoming Asian Games in Incheon Ki was not selected for the national team in 2014, marking the first time in four years she had not been chosen. In an interview in the newspaper JoongAng Ilbo published at the end of the year Ki reflected that her initial response to her non-selection was one of relief, having gained freedom the strict training regimen by which team members had to abide. She later acknowledged that she had “relaxed too much” during the trials and lost her mental focus. Watching the archery competitions at the Asian Games that September, in which she performed commentary duties for the Korean broadcaster KBS, motivated her to work to return to the national squad. Her absence from the Korean team resulted in the loss of her position at the top of the World Archery Rankings, where she had held a rank of at least second since the end of the Olympics in 2012.

Facts & Trivia

Ki Ranked on the list of most popular Archer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Korea. Ki Bo-bae celebrates birthday on February 20 of every year.

In 2015 Ki returned to the national team after finishing the national trials in first place. At July’s Summer Universiade in Gwangju she set two new world records in the ranking round, her score of 686 points for the 72-arrow round surpassing Park Sung-hyun’s eleven-year old record set at the 2004 Summer Olympics by four points, while the combined total of 2,038 points achieved by her and teammates Kang Chae-young and Choi Mi-sun set a new world’s best for the women’s team event. Ki’s subsequent victory over Choi in the final of the women’s individual event represented her first gold medal win since the Archery World Cup almost three years earlier. She additionally won gold in the mixed team event.

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When did Ki Bo Bae start?

Early and personal life. Ki Bo-bae was born on February 20, 1988. She was introduced to archery at eleven years old when the sport was offered by her primary school.

Is Ki Bo Bae married?

Sung Min-soo

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