Ki Bo Bae is a South Korean Archer (Recurve Archer). She has been Gold medalist three times in Olympic Games, One time she got Bronze, total of four medals in Olympics. Other than that, girl also played in other games like women’s team, women’s individual events 2012 summer Olympic, women’s team event 2016 summer Olympic, World Championship, World Cup finals, Universiade, Asian Games in which she has won gold total of seventeen times and four times bronze and silver once till now. She was introduced to archery at very young age, in her primary level of schooling. At that time, she was believed to be just approx eleven (11) years old, and she has been a part of South Korean national team in archery since 2010. Bo Bae has always been an outstanding sportsperson with attractive spirit and personality. She is well known for her dedication towards game. Her individual winning of gold medals not only once but four times places her in the top ranking of archers in the history of Olympics.

 

Some Basic Information about Ki Bo Bae-

 

Full Name	Ki Bo Bae
Nickname	Bo Bae
Birth Date	February 20th, 1988
Birth Place	Anyang, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Ethnicity	Asian
Father’s Name	Ki Dong Youn
Mother’s Name	Kim Nam Youn
Age	34 Years (As of 2022)
Height	5 ft 6 in
Weight	57 Kg
Build	Athletic
Profession	Recurve Archer
Sports	Archery
Coach	Park Chae Soon
Active Years	2010- present times
Marital Status	Married
Husband	Sung Min Soo

 

 

 

Bo Bae’s Achievements-

 

Games	gold	silver	bronze
Olympics	3	0	1
World Championship	5	0	2
World Cup finals	3	0	1
Asian Games	1	o	o
Universiade	5	1	0

 

Ki Bo Bae’s personal life and education-

Ki Bo Bae was born in Anyang, a big city of Gyeonggi province in South Korea. Thus, she is South Korean in Nationality. Bo Bae was born in 1988, Feb 20th in Anyang, South Korea, to her father Ki Dong Youn and mother Kim Nam Youn. She belongs to Asian Ancestry as both of her parents, father and mother are from South Korea as well. There is not sure information about her education after primary and secondary schooling, yet, she is believed to be pursuing her doctrate currently. Her primary school offered archery education to kids and that’s where the story of our girl began.

Ki Bo Bae announced her forthcoming marriage with fiance Sung Min Soo shortly after her third Archery World Cup in September 2017. She got married with Sung Min Soo in November 2017.

She has also acted as a torchbearer in 2018 torch relay for 2018 Winter Olympics.

Some of her Career Achievements:-

• Ki Bo bae bagged Gold Medals in individual and team events in 2012, and a gold medal and a bronze medal in the team and individual events in 2016 at the Summer Olympic held in London and Rio de Janeiro respectively.

• Bo bae has won three Gold medals (2012, 2016 and 2017) and a bronze medal at the Archery World Cup.

• She has won a gold medal and a bronze medal in the mixed team and the women’s team category at the Archery World Championships, 2011.

• She bagged two gold medals in Women’s team and mixed team category at the Archery World Championships, 2013.

• In 2015, she bagged a gold medal in women individual at the Archery World Championships.

• She also bagged a bronze and a gold in women’s individual and women’s team category at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Ki Bo Bae has participated in the Summer Olympics, 2012, in both women’s team and women’s individual where she won. In 2016, she bagged a gold medal and a bronze medal in the Summer Olympics in the same category.

She held the world record of women’s 72-arrow rounds from 2015 to 2017. Also, she was ranked twice as number one in the World Archery ranking.

Career:- 

Ki Bo Bae was introduced to Archery at young age when she was in her primary schooling. She was approx 11 years old at that time. She has been a member of Archery since 2010.

Her official career started in 2010, when she, for the first time played Archery for her team, representing the South Korean National Team.

She was ready for her first ever international tournament and she attended the Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou.

She showed her interest in teaching differently abled children as well as she was interested in joining International Olympic Committee to assist in future bids by South Korea to host the further Summer Olympics.

In 2015, at July’s Summer Universiade in Gwangju, Ki set two new World records in the ranking round, her score was 686 points for 72-arrow breaking Park Sung Hyun’s eleven years old World Record at the 2004 Summer Olympics by four points.

Frequently Asked Questions:- 

1. Who is Ki Bo Bae? 

Ans:- Ki Bo Bae is a South Korean most famous and prestigious Recurve Archer. She was born in 1988 Feb 20th in Anyang, South Korea. She showed her interest in archery in her primary school when she was just 11 years old and has been a part of South Korean National Archery team since 2010. She has won gold three times and once bronze in Olympics. Total of four medals in Olympics, which places her in the top ranking of archers in the history of Olympics.

2. At what age did Ki Bo Bae started playing archery? 

Ans:- Ki started playing archery when she was in her primary stage of schooling at the age of approx 11 years.

3. How many times did Ki Bo Bae won medals in Olympics? 

Ans:- Ki has won gold medal three times ans bronze medal once till now in the Olympic Games.

4. How many times Ki Bo Bae won medals of total till now?

Ans:- Ki has won total of seventeen gold medals, one silver and 4 bronze medals. She has played in the Summer Olympics, Women’s individual events, Women’s team events, Asian Games and Universiade and won such a big number of matches that she is considered as one of the best Archer of South Korea.

5. Which record did Ki Bo Bae break and of whose and when?

Ans:- Ki Bo Bae break the eleven years old World record of Park Sung Hyun’s in 2015 at July’s Summer Universiade. She set a new world record of 72-arrow with 686 points, four points more than that of Park Sung Hyun’s.

6. What is the height and weight of Ki Bo Bae? 

Ans:- Ki Bo Bae is 5ft 6in tall and her weight currently according to the medias is 57kgs approx.

7. Personal life information about Ki Bo Bae. 

Ans:- Ki Bo Bae was born in South Korean family on 20th february, 1988 in Anyang, South Korea. Her father is Ki Dong Youn and mother is Kim Nam Youn. She has done primary and secondary education. However, there is no sure information about her further studies, yet, she is believed to be pursuing her doctrate currently. She has been playing archery in South Korean National Team since 2010. She got married with Sung Min Soo in 2017 after her Archery World Cup finals.