Kang Un-ju

{{Short description|North Korean archer (born 1995)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

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| sport = Archery

| event = recurve

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport | Women's archery}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Jakarta | Mixed team}}

| updated = 10 September 2015

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| hangul = 강은주

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| mr = Kang Ŭnju

| rr = Gang Eunju

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Kang Un-ju ({{langx|ko|강은주}}; {{IPA|ko|kaŋ.ɯn.dzu}}; born 1 February 1995) is a North Korean recurve archer.

Kang made her debut in international competition at the 2013 Archery World Cup qualifying round in Shanghai, China, and later that year joined the 2013 World Archery Championships in Antalya, Turkey.

She also participated in archery at the 2014 Asian Games.{{cite news|url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/asian/2014/09/16/5101000000AKR20140916128600007.HTML|script-title=ko:<아시안게임 D-3> 북한 양궁 '비밀병기'는 19세 강은주|trans-title=Asian Games three days away; North Korea's 'secret weapon' is 19-year-old Kang Un-ju|agency=Yonhap News Agency|date=16 September 2014|accessdate=3 June 2016|language=ko}}

The following year she competed in the individual recurve event and the team recurve event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.{{cite web|title=2015 World Archery Championships: Entries by country| pages=7–18|url=http://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2015/539/BOOK.pdf#8|publisher=ianseo.net|accessdate=26 August 2015}}

Kang, a resident of Pyongyang, is right-handed.{{Cite web | title = Kang Un Ju | publisher = World Archery | accessdate = 5 August 2016 | url = https://worldarchery.org/athlete/13495/kang-un-ju }}

See also

{{Portal|North Korea|Sports}}

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