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'''Im Dong-Hyun''' (born May 12, 1986) is a [[South Korea]]n [[Archery|archer]]. He competes for the South Korean national team. He has [[Visual acuity#Visual acuity expression|20/200]] vision in his left eye and 20/100 vision in his right eye, meaning he is [[legally blind]] in his left eye and needs to be 10 times closer to see objects clearly compared to someone with perfect vision.<ref name=Blind>{{cite news|title=London 2012 Olympics: legally blind South Korean archer Im Dong-Hyun eyes gold medal at the Games|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/archery/9428260/London-2012-Olympics-legally-blind-South-Korean-archer-Im-Dong-Hyun-eyes-gold-medal-at-the-Games.html|accessdate=27 July 2012|newspaper=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=26 July 2012}}</ref>
'''Im Dong-Hyun''' (born May 12, 1986) is a [[South Korea]]n [[Archery|archer]]. He competes for the South Korean national team. He has [[Visual acuity#Visual acuity expression|20/200]] vision in his left eye and 20/100 vision in his right eye, meaning he 10 times closer to see objects clearly compared to someone with perfect vision.<ref name=Blind>{{cite news|title=London 2012 Olympics: legally blind South Korean archer Im Dong-Hyun eyes gold medal at the Games|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/archery/9428260/London-2012-Olympics-legally-blind-South-Korean-archer-Im-Dong-Hyun-eyes-gold-medal-at-the-Games.html|accessdate=27 July 2012|newspaper=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=26 July 2012}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 18:36, 2 August 2012

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Im Dong-hyun
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Ulsan Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Leipzig Individual
Gold medal – first place 2007 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 New York Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Ulsan Individual
Silver medal – second place 2003 New York Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Individual
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Individual
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Individual recurve
Im Dong-hyun
Hangul
임동현
Hanja
林東賢
Revised RomanizationIm Dong-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerIm Tonghyŏn

Im Dong-Hyun (born May 12, 1986) is a South Korean archer. He competes for the South Korean national team. He has 20/200 vision in his left eye and 20/100 vision in his right eye, meaning he 10 times closer to see objects clearly compared to someone with perfect vision.[1]

Career

2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Im set a world record in the 72 arrow men's individual ranking round, with a score of 687 (It was not recognized by the International Olympic Committee as an Olympic record, however, as the ranking round took place on 12 August, before the 2004 opening ceremony). He then won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Im faced Hiroshi Yamamoto of Japan, losing to the eventual silver medalist 111–110 in the 12-arrow match. Im placed 6th overall.

Im was also a member of Korea's gold medal men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

2006 Asian Games

In 2006 he competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won two gold medals in the individual and South Korean team.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Im finished his ranking round with a total of 670 points, nine points behind leader Juan René Serrano. This gave him the eighth seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Ali Salem in the first round, beating the Qatari 108–103. In the second round Im was too strong for Butch Johnson (115–106), but in the third round another American Vic Wunderle eliminated him with 113–111.[2]

Together with Lee Chang-hwan and Park Kyung-Mo he also took part in the team event. With his 670 score from the ranking round combined with the 676 of Park and the 669 of Lee the Koreans were in first position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals. With 224–222 they were too strong for the Polish team and in the semi final they beat home nation China 221–218. In the final Italy came close, but South Korea took the title with 227–225.[2]

2012 Summer Olympics

On 27 July 2012 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he set a new world record score of 699 in the ranking round at Lord's Cricket Ground.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "London 2012 Olympics: legally blind South Korean archer Im Dong-Hyun eyes gold medal at the Games". www.telegraph.co.uk. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b Athlete biography: Im Dong-Hyun, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008
  3. ^ "Men's Individual". www.london2012.com. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Olympics: Legally blind archer sets first world records". 27 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Im Dong Hyun posts first world record of London 2012 Olympics". Olympics Metal Tally. UK. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

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