Kim Soo-nyung is a South Korean former archer regarded as the most decorated Olympic archer in history. She won six Olympic medals across four Games from 1988 to 2000, including four gold medals, and was the individual and team champion at the 1988 Seoul Olympics as a 17-year-old. She later served as head coach of the South Korean national archery team, which has remained dominant internationally for decades.
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Career HighlightWon four Olympic gold medals (1988 individual, 1988 team, 1992 team, 2000 team) in archery and was declared Female Archer of the 20th Century by the International Archery Federation in 2011. 1 Classification
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Why was Kim Soo-nyung called the Viper?
A nickname from her record-setting archery years in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Kim Soo-nyung was nicknamed the Viper during the years when she dominated women's archery. She was women's individual and team world champion in both 1989 and 1991, and through 1990 she held every women's world record at all distances and the overall as well.
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She has earned a total of four gold medals at the Olympics, one for the individual event in 1988 and three for the team event in 1988, 1992 and 2000.
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She has earned a total of four gold medals at the Olympics, one for the individual event in 1988 and three for the team event in 1988, 1992 and 2000.
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born April 5, 1971
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South Korean Olympic archery team
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Kim Soo-nyung (born April 5, 1971, in Chungcheongbuk-do) is a former member of the South Korean Olympic archery team in 1988, 1992, and 2000.
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She competed at the 1990 Asian Games winning a gold medal in the team event and a bronze in the individual.
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