Kwak Ye-Ji
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Kwak Ye-Ji is a South Korea
n archer
who participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
in Singapore
. She won the gold medal in the girls' event, defeating Tan Ya-Ting
of Chinese Taipei in the final. In the ranking rounds, she had fired a score of 670, a new junior world record. Kwak also won the women's recurve event at the 2009 FITA Archery World Cup
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South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n archer
Archery
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
who participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. They were the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, a major...
in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. She won the gold medal in the girls' event, defeating Tan Ya-Ting
Tan Ya-ting
Tan Ya-Ting is an archer, representing Chinese Taipei, who participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. She won the silver medal in the girls' event, losing to former FITA Archery World Cup champion Kwak Ye-Ji in the final.-References:...
of Chinese Taipei in the final. In the ranking rounds, she had fired a score of 670, a new junior world record. Kwak also won the women's recurve event at the 2009 FITA Archery World Cup
FITA Archery World Cup
The FITA Archery World Cup is a new form of competition, started in 2006, organized by the International Archery Federation, where the archers compete in four different stages in four different countries and the best four archers of each category advances to an additional stage to dispute for the...
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