#8 Ki Bo Bae (South Korea)
At number 8 comes the current world number 1 and defending Olympic champion for the Women’s Recurve event in archery. Ki Bo Bae is a phenomenon. She headed into London 2012 as the world number 2 and was daylights ahead of her nearest challengers, winning the gold medal with ease. She followed it up with a gold in the team event as well.
And she did not stop at London either, in 2015, she destroyed compatriot Park Sung Hyun’s 11-year long world record of 682 when she scored 686 at qualification of the Universiade in Gwangju in 2015.
She also has 7 world championship medals to her name between the years of 2011 and 2015, including 5 gold medals. She would perhaps be much higher up the list once she draws curtains on her career.
Olympic Appearances: 1
Olympic Medals: 2
Medal Summary:
Event | Discipline | Medal |
2012 London | Women’s Individual Recurve | Gold |
2012 London | Women’s Team Recurve | Gold |
