Kim Woo-jin (archer)

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Kim Woo-jin
Kim at the 2015 World Archery Championships
Personal information
Native name김우진
National team South Korea
Born (1992-06-20) June 20, 1992 (age 31)
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Torino Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Torino Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Copenhagen Individual
Gold medal – first place 2015 Copenhagen Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2012 Tokyo Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Individual
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team

Template:Korean name Kim Woo-Jin (Hangul: 김우진; born June 20, 1992) is a South Korean archer who has the current world number one ranking and is the current world record holder in men's individual recurve archery.[1]

Career

He was part of the 2011 World Archery Championships gold medal winning men's team, and won the individual gold medal at the 2011 World Archery Championships and the 2012 FITA Archery World Cup. Despite this, he was not selected for the 2012 Korean Olympic team.[2]

In 2015, Kim was again selected for the Korean national team, and became the first man since 1985 to win the World Archery Championships twice.[3]

During the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kim set a world record during the individual men's qualifying round with a score of 700 out of a possible 720 (held under World Archery Federation rules at a distance of 70 meters).[4] He was also one of the three members of the South Korean men's team that won the Olympic gold medal in the team competition.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kim Woojin". World Archery. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  2. ^ Liew, Jonathan (July 27, 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: South Korean archers secure first two world records of London 2012". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "World Archery President Praises 'Historic' and 'Exciting' World Championships (World Archery press release)". Around the Rings. August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016: South Korean archer Kim Woo-jin sets first world record of Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: South Korea beat USA to win archery gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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