Tshering Choden (archer)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Tshering Choden (born 1 January 1979 or 6 July 1980[1]Template:Rp) is an archer from Bhutan who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
Choden was born in Trashigang, Bhutan.[2] Having excelled at sports in school, in 1998 Choden was encouraged to try archery by her brother, who was a member of the Olympic team.[3]
Choden entered the 2004 Summer Olympics with a world ranking of 176.[1]Template:Rp She was one of two Bhutanese athletes taking part in the Games, the other being with fellow archer Tashi Peljor,[4] and was selected as Bhutan's flagbearer for the Games' opening ceremony.[5] Choden began the women's individual event with fifty-fourth place in the preliminary 72-arrow ranking round, scoring 600 points from 720.[1]Template:Rp She delivered a surprise result in the opening elimination round with victory over China's Lin Sang by a margin of three points,[6] becoming the first Bhutanese archer ever to win a match at the Olympics.[5] Choden faced India's Reena Kumari in the second round, the pair posting identical scores of 134 points over the regulation eighteen arrows. On the subsequent tie-breaking arrow Kumari outscored Choden by seven points to four.[4] Choden blamed her nerves for shooting so low.[7]
Choden retired from archery in 2005 but returned to the sport as a coach in 2007.[8] She coached the only Bhutanese archer at the 2012 Olympic Games, Sherab Zam.[8][9]
She appeared in the 2004 Arte documentary Die Bogenschützin von Bhutan.[10]
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External links
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Trashigang District
- Bhutanese female archers
- Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic archers for Bhutan
- Archers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Archers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Archers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Bhutan