Lee Sung-jin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Lee Sung-jin

archer

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1985

Place of Birth: South Chungcheong Province, South Korea

Profession: actor, archer

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Lee Sung-jin

  • Lee Sung-Jin (Korean: ???; Hanja: ??? ; born March 7, 1985) is an archer from South Korea.
  • In 2005, she became the World Champion and achieved the world number one ranking.
  • She has won two Olympic gold medals. Lee represented Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
  • She placed 2nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 675.
  • In the first round of elimination, she faced 63rd-ranked Lamia Bahnasawy of Egypt.
  • Lee defeated Bahnasawy 164-127 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32.
  • In that round, she faced 34th-ranked Greek archer Elpida Romantzi, defeating her 166-146.
  • Lee then defeated 15th-ranked Margarita Galinovskaya of Russia 165-163, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Lee faced Wu Hui Ju of Chinese Taipei, narrowly defeating the 10th-ranked archer 104-103 in the 12-arrow match.
  • Lee advanced to the semifinals, where she defeated Yuan Shu Chi, also of Chinese Taipei, 104-98.
  • This moved Lee to the gold medal match, pitting her against fellow Korean Park Sung-hyun.
  • In the final 12-arrow match, Lee lost by two points to the 1st-ranked Park, finishing with a silver medal in women's individual archery while Park won the gold medal. Lee was also a member of the team that won the gold medal for Korea in the women's team archery competition.At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she and her Korean teammates, Park Sung-Hyun Yun Mi-Jun won the team gold medal.

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