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Tshering Choden (archer)

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Tshering Choden (born 1 January 1979 or 6 July 1980[1]: 4 ) 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]: 4  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]: 7  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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Official Results of the 2004 Olympic Games – Archery". LA84 Foundation. International Olympic Committee. 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Tshering Choden, Biographical information". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  3. ^ Mazurkewich, Karen (12 August 2004). "Straight Arrow". Far Eastern Economic Review. Vol. 167, no. 32. Hong Kong. p. 50. ISSN 0014-7591. ProQuest 208247132.
  4. ^ a b "Korean archer equals record". BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Bhutan's Tshering Choden graduates from international coaching development programme". World Archery Federation. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Williamson wins in Athens". BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b Goldsmith, Belinda (25 May 2012). "Olympics-Happiness for Bhutan Olympians is not golden". Reuters. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  9. ^ "London 2012: Bhutanese archer trains alone at University of Warwick". BBC News. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  10. ^ Riedel, Holger (2004). Die Bogenschützin von Bhutan [The Archer of Bhutan] (Documentary) (in German). Arte.
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