Jin Jong-oh

Jin Jong-oh

Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1979-09-24) September 24, 1979 Gangwon
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	50 metre pistol, 10 metre air pistol
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 2 - World Championships 1 - 2 World Cup Final 3 - - Asian Games 2 3 3 Asian Championships 3 3 1 Summer Olympics Gold 2008 Beijing 50 m pistol Gold 2012 London 10 m air pistol Gold 2012 London 50 m pistol Silver 2004 Athens 50 m pistol Silver 2008 Beijing 10 m air pistol World Championships Gold 2010 Munich 50 m pistol team Bronze 2010 Munich 10 m air pistol Bronze 2010 Munich 10 m air pistol team World Cup Final Gold 2008 Bangkok 50 m pistol Gold 2009 Wuxi 50 m pistol Gold 2009 Wuxi 10 m air pistol Asian Games Gold 2010 Guangzhou 10 m air pistol team Gold 2010 Guangzhou 50 m pistol team Silver 2002 Busan 50 m pistol team Silver 2006 Doha 10 m air pistol team Silver 2010 Guangzhou 50 m pistol Bronze 2002 Busan 10 m air pistol Bronze 2006 Doha 10 m air pistol Bronze 2006 Doha 50 m pistol team Asian Championships Gold 2012 Doha 50 m pistol Gold 2012 Doha 10 m air pistol Gold 2012 Doha 10 m air pistol team Silver 2007 Kuwait City 50 m pistol Silver 2007 Kuwait City 50 m pistol team Silver 2012 Doha 50 m pistol team Bronze 2004 Kuala Lumpur 10 m air pistol

Jin Jong-oh (born September 24, 1979 in Gangwon) is a male South Korea sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. A triple Olympic Champion, he is one of the most successful individual shooters at the Olympics and the only athlete to have won two consecutive Olympic gold medals in men's 50 metre pistol.

Biography

On August 17, 2004, Jin won the Silver medal in the men's 50 m pistol at the 2004 Summer Olympics, with two low-scoring shots in the final round after winning the qualification round.

On August 12, 2008, Jin won the Gold medal in the men's 50 m pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also gained the Silver medal in the men's 10 m air pistol on August 9 of the same year.

On 28 July 2012, Jin won the Gold medal in the men's 10 m air pistol at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1] On 5 August, he won the Gold medal in the men's 50 m pistol, becoming the first man to successfully defend the 50 metre pistol Olympic title. By doing so, Jin also became the first person to win the men's 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol gold medals at the same Olympics and one of the five shooters to win two individual gold medals at one Olympics, being the first man to have done so since Otto Olsen of Norway at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He is one of three shooters to have won three Olympic individual gold medals, along with Ralf Schumann of Germany and Kim Rhode of the United States. He became the first Korean athlete to win three individual Olympic gold medals, to win four (and five) individual Olympic medals, to defend an individual title in the Summer Olympics (while Sim Kwon-Ho won Olympic gold medals for Greco-Roman Wrestling in 1996 and 2000, he won two different weight divisions), to win two individual gold medals at one Summer Olympic Games and to win an individual medal for one event at three consecutive Olympic Games (Kim Soo-Nyung won individual Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively for Archery in the 1988, 1992 and 2000 but these Olympics were non-consecutive).

Current world records held in 10 metre air pistol
Men	Qualification	594	Jin Jong-oh (KOR)	April 12, 2009	Changwon (KOR)

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