(BEIJING, August 14)-- Zhang Juanjuan of China won the Archery Women's Individual event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Thursday and so became the first non-ROK gold medalist in the event since 1984.

　　Since the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the Republic of Korea has won 15 out of a possible 21 medals in this event. Had ROK won, they would have set the longest running National Olympic Committee winning streak in an individual event.

　　"I have had a dream to win a gold medal. When I was competing on the field I was calming myself down and I held a belief I would win," Zhang said.

　　To win the Olympic title, No. 27 seed Zhang had to beat all of the top three seeded ROK women, including Park Sung-hyun, the Individual gold medalist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Zhang won the final 110-109.

　　In the semifinal, Zhang took out the No. 1 ranked archer in the world, Yun Ok-hee, 115-109. Zhang's score equaled the Olympic record Park set earlier in the day. In the quarterfinal, she beat Joo Hyung-jung 106-101.

　　Yun Ok-hee went on to win the bronze medal against Kwon Un-sil of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 109-106.