Jin Jong-oh

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Jin Jong-oh
10 metre air pistol
ClubKT Sports
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 2 –
World Championships 4 2 2
World Cup Final 3 – 1
Asian Games 3 4 4
Asian Championships 3 3 1
Total 17 11 8
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 50 m pistol
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 50 m pistol
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m pistol
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens
50 m pistol
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 10 m air pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Munich 50 m pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Granada 50 m pistol
Gold medal – first place 2014 Granada 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2018 Changwon 10 m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2014 Granada 50 m pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Granada 10 m air pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Munich 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Munich 10 m air pistol team
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place 2008 Bangkok 50 m pistol
Gold medal – first place 2009 Wuxi 50 m pistol
Gold medal – first place 2009 Wuxi 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place
2013 Munich
 50 m pistol
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 50 m pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 10 m air pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan 50 m pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 10 m air pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 50 m pistol
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon 50 m pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 50 m pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 10 m air pistol
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Doha 50 m pistol
Gold medal – first place 2012 Doha 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2012 Doha 10 m air pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Kuwait City 50 m pistol
Silver medal – second place 2007 Kuwait City 50 m pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Doha 50 m pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Kuala Lumpur 10 m air pistol
Korean name
Hangul
진종오
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJin Jong-o
McCune–ReischauerChin Chong-o
In this Korean name, the family name is Jin.

Jin Jong-oh (

50 metre pistol until Jitu Rai broke it in 2017.[2]

Career

On 17 August 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 12 August 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 9 August of the same year.

On 28 July 2012, Jin won the gold medal in the

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).

On 9 September 2014, Jin won the 50 metre pistol gold medal at the

Aleksandr Melentyev at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In doing so, Jin also set several milestones not seen in 50-metre pistol since the current quadrennial intervals between the world championships were established after the 1954 World Championships; World championships were previously held annually until 1931 (with exceptions) then biennially until 1954. He became the first shooter since 1952 (and fourth overall) to have won three world-level championships (Olympics and world championships) and the first since the 1956 Summer Olympics (fourth overall) to simultaneously hold the Olympic and World titles in the discipline. He also became the second 50-metre pistol shooter (after Ragnar Skanåker
in 1993) to have won the Olympics, the world championships and the World Cup Final. Two days later he also won the 10 metre air pistol gold medal at the same world championships.

On 6 August 2016, Jin placed 5th in 10 metre pistol at the

25 metre rapid fire pistol were non-consecutive) and the first shooter to have won four individual gold medals at the Olympic Games. He also matched Chinese shooter Wang Yifu's records of six individual medals at the Olympics and most consecutive Olympic medals (four) in one event, including the silver medal he won for 50 metre pistol at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He became the first person since Torsten Ullman of Sweden
in 1937 to have won three consecutive World level Championships in 50 metre pistol. With four gold and two silver medals, he became the most successful Olympian in Korean history, becoming the first Korean to have won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in one event, three Olympic gold medals in one individual event (Kim with four gold, one silver and one bronze medal won non-consecutive gold medals in Archery Team event), four individual gold medals, six individual medals, and a medal in one event at four consecutive Olympic Games.

On 6 September 2018, Jin won the 10 metre air pistol gold medal at the 2018 World Shooting Championships after a shoot-off against Russia's Artem Chernousov, trailing for most of the final round. Jin became the first man to win two (consecutive) World Championships in the event. He did not defend his title at the 50 metre pistol event, which was excluded from the Olympic program from the 2020 Summer Olympics.

World records

Current world records held in
10 metre air pistol
Men Qualification 12000  Jin Jong-oh (KOR) April 12, 2005 Changwon (KOR) edit
Current world records held in
50 metre pistol
Men Qualification 583  Jin Jong-oh (KOR) September 9, 2014 Granada (ESP) edit
Final 230.1  Jitu Rai (IND) March 01, 2017 New Delhi  India edit

Ambassadorship

  • Ambassador for the 2022 Incheon Korea Art Festival[4]

References

  1. ^ "Jin Jong-oh earns 50m pistol gold, makes history". NBC Olympics. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Jitu Rai Wins Gold & Smashes 50m Pistol World Record At Shooting World Cup". scoopwhoop. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Jin Jong-Oh wins Olympic 10m air pistol gold for South Korea". BBC Sport. BBC News. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  4. ^ Lee, Jung-bum (7 October 2022). "박혜경→진종오, '2022 인천 코리아 아트 페스티벌' 홍보대사 위촉" [Park Hye-kyung → Jin Jong-oh appointed as ambassador for ‘2022 Incheon Korea Art Festival] (in Korean). X-ports News. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via Naver.

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