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 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]