Tshering Choden (archer)

Tshering Choden (born 6 July 1980[1]: 4 ) is an archer from Bhutan who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Choden entered the 2004 Summer Olympics with a world ranking of 176.[1]: 4  She was one of two Bhutanese athletes taking part in the Games, the other being with fellow archer Tashi Peljor,[2] and was selected as Bhutan's flagbearer for the Games' opening ceremony.[3] Choden began the women's individual event with fifty-fourth place in the preliminary 72-arrow ranking round, scoring 600 points from 720.[1]: 7  She delivered a surprise result in the opening elimination round with victory over China's Lin Sang by a margin of three points,[4] becoming the first Bhutanese archer ever to win a match at the Olympics.[3] 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.[2] Choden blamed her nerves for shooting so low.[5]

Choden retired from archery in 2005 but returned to the sport as a coach in 2007.[6] She coached the only Bhutanese archer at the 2012 Olympic Games, Sherab Zam.[6][7]

She appeared in the 2004 Arte documentary Die Bogenschützin von Bhutan.[8]

References
  1. "Official Results of the 2004 Olympic Games – Archery". LA84 Foundation. International Olympic Committee. 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Korean archer equals record". BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "Bhutan's Tshering Choden graduates from international coaching development programme". World Archery Federation. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. "Williamson wins in Athens". BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. "SUMMER 2004 GAMES: NOTEBOOK; Two-Year Suspension of American Sprinter Is Affirmed". The New York Times. Associated Press Press; Reuters. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. Goldsmith, Belinda (25 May 2012). "Olympics-Happiness for Bhutan Olympians is not golden". Reuters. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. "London 2012: Bhutanese archer trains alone at University of Warwick". BBC News. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  8. Riedel, Holger (2004). Die Bogenschützin von Bhutan [The Archer of Bhutan] (Documentary) (in German). Arte.
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