Tshering Choden (born 1 January 1979 or 6 July 1980 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.

Choden entered the 2004 Summer Olympics with a world ranking of 176. She was one of two Bhutanese athletes taking part in the Games, the other being with fellow archer Tashi Peljor, Choden began the women's individual event with fifty-fourth place in the preliminary 72-arrow ranking round, scoring 600 points from 720. becoming the first Bhutanese archer ever to win a match at the Olympics. Choden blamed her nerves for shooting so low.

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

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

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