{{Short description|South Korean archer (born 1996)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Kang Chae-young | honorific_suffix = | image = Kang Chae-young, 2025 Archery World Championship.jpg | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = Kang in 2025 | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|6|8}} | birth_place = Ulsan, South Korea | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = South Korea | sport = Archery | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = Recurve | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Women's recurve archery }} {{Medal|Country| {{KOR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 2020 Tokyo | Team}} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|Gold| 2017 Mexico City | Team }} {{Medal|Gold| 2017 Mexico City | Mixed team }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 's-Hertogenbosch | Mixed team }} {{Medal|Gold| 2021 Yankton | Team }} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Gwangju|Inidividual}} {{Medal|Silver| 2019 's-Hertogenbosch | Individual }} {{Medal|Silver| 2019 's-Hertogenbosch | Team }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2015 Copenhagen | Team }} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Gwangju|Team}} {{Medal|Competition| World Cup Final }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Moscow | Individual }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Moscow | Mixed team }} {{Medal|Competition| Asian Games }} {{Medal|Gold| 2018 Jakarta | Team }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2018 Jakarta | Individual }} {{Medal|Competition| Summer Universiade }} {{Medal|Gold| 2017 Taipei | Individual }} {{Medal|Gold| 2017 Taipei | Team }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Naples | Individual }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Naples | Team }} {{Medal|Silver| 2015 Gwangju | Team }} {{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Bangkok | Individual }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Bangkok | Team }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Bangkok | Mixed team }} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Kang Chae-young''' ({{Korean|hangul=강채영}}, born 8 June 1996)<ref name="world_archery_championships_results_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://extranet.worldarchery.org/documents/index.php/Events/World_Championships/Target/2019_s-Hertogenbosch/BOOK.pdf|title=2019 World Archery Championships|website=World Archery|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420210047/https://extranet.worldarchery.org/documents/index.php/Events/World_Championships/Target/2019_s-Hertogenbosch/BOOK.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events. She has won numerous medals in archery competitions.
Kang was born in Ulsan, South Korea.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-01-20 |title=“양궁 태극마크 달고 울산 빛낼거예요” |url=https://www.ksilbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=440385 |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=경상일보 |language=ko}}</ref> She attended {{Ill|Ulsan Jung-ang Elementary School|ko|울산중앙초등학교}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-06 |title=울산 중앙초, 양궁 금메달리스트 강채영 선배와 만남의 시간 |url=http://www.ujeil.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=286656 |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=울산제일일보 |language=ko}}</ref>
== Career ==
At the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual recurve and women's team recurve events.<ref name="results_book_archery_summer_universiade_2017">{{Cite web|title=Archery Results Book|url=https://extranet.worldarchery.sport/documents/index.php/Events/World_Ranking/17_TAIPEI_UNIVERSIADE/BOOK.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730182459/https://extranet.worldarchery.sport/documents/index.php/Events/World_Ranking/17_TAIPEI_UNIVERSIADE/BOOK.pdf|archive-date=30 July 2021|access-date=14 November 2021|website=2017 Summer Universiade}}</ref> In the same year, she also won the gold medals in the team and mixed team events at the 2017 World Archery Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref name="results_book_world_championships_2017">{{Cite web|title=2017 World Archery Championships Results Book|url=https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2017/2045/BOOK.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930000938/https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2017/2045/BOOK.pdf|archive-date=30 September 2021|access-date=14 November 2021|website=World Archery}}</ref>
In 2018, she represented South Korea at the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia and she won two medals: the bronze medal in the women's individual recurve event and the gold medal in the women's team recurve event.<ref name="archery_results_book_asian_games_2018">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/61/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Archery_v1.0.pdf|title=Archery Results Book|website=2018 Asian Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421232325/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/61/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Archery_v1.0.pdf|archive-date=21 April 2020|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>
In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's recurve event in the final of the 2019 Archery World Cup.<ref name="kang_and_ellison_crowned_world_cup_2019">{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1084459/kang-ellison-archery-world-cup-final|title=Kang and Ellison crowned recurve champions at Archery World Cup Final|date=7 September 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> This was her first Archery World Cup final.<ref name="kang_and_ellison_crowned_world_cup_2019"/> She also won the stages of the competition held in both Medellín, Colombia and Shanghai, China. At the 2019 World Archery Championships, she broke the world record for the 70m ranking round with a score of 692,<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Records|url=https://worldarchery.sport/world-records|access-date=2021-05-01|website=World Archery|language=en}}</ref> before medalling in the individual, mixed team and team events. In that same year, she won the gold medal in the women's individual, women's team and mixed team events at the 2019 Asian Archery Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand.<ref name="results_book_asian_archery_championships_2019">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2019/6450/MEDLST.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523150020/https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2019/6450/MEDLST.pdf|archive-date=23 May 2020|access-date=25 July 2021|website=2019 Asian Archery Championships}}</ref>
In 2020, she won the 2019 World Archery Athlete of the Year award in the recurve women's category.<ref name="schloesser_lopez_retain_titles_2020">{{Cite news|last=Wells|first=Chris|url=https://worldarchery.org/news/177978/schloesser-lopez-retain-world-archery-athlete-year-titles-2019|title=Schloesser, Lopez retain World Archery Athlete of the Year titles in 2019|date=9 February 2020|work=World Archery|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>
In 2021, she qualified in first place for the South Korean women's team nominated to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan<ref>{{cite web|date=24 April 2021|title=Gold medallists Oh, Kim joined by rookies in South Korean Olympic archery team|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107053/archery-south-korea-team|access-date=1 May 2021|website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref> and won the gold medal in the women's team event. Two months later, she also won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.<ref name="south_korea_sweep_team_recurve_finals_world_archery_championships_2021">{{Cite news|last=Lloyd|first=Owen|date=24 September 2021|title=South Korea sweep team recurve finals at World Archery Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113407/2021-world-archery-championships|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="triple_title_sweep_for_korean_recurve_teams">{{Cite news|date=24 September 2021|title=Triple title sweep for Korean recurve teams in Yankton|work=World Archery|url=https://worldarchery.sport/news/200497/triple-title-sweep-korean-recurve-teams-yankton|access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref>
Her nickname is "The Destroyer."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kang Chae Young: Poised for archery greatness?|url=https://worldarchery.sport/news/154751/kang-chae-young-poised-archery-greatness|first=Vanessa|last=Lee|date=17 October 2017|access-date=1 May 2021|website=World Archery|language=en}}</ref>
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{{Olympic Champions Archery Women Team}} {{World Champions Individual Recurve Women}} {{World Champions Recurve Mixed Team}} {{authority control}}
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