Jin Jong-oh

Jin Jong-oh
Jin at the 2012 Olympics
nation	South Korea
birthday	September 24, 1979
place of birth	Chuncheon
size	175 cm
Weight	72 kg
Career
discipline	Air pistol , free pistol
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 4 × 2 × 0 ×
last change: September 28, 2016

Korean spelling
Hangeul	진종오
Hanja	秦鍾 午
Revised Romanization	Jin Jong-o
McCune- Reischauer	Chin Chongo
See also : Korean name

Jin Jong-oh (* 24. September 1979 in Chuncheon ) is a South Korean marksman in the disciplines air pistol (holder of the current world record ) and free pistol .

Career

Jin Jong-oh celebrated his first major international success at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . In the free pistol over 50 meters discipline, he won the silver medal (661.5 rings) behind Russian Mikhail Nestrujew . With the air pistol over 10 meters, he was able to finish fifth (682.9 rings). The following year he finished third with the air pistol at a World Cup in Milan . In 2006 he won the World Cup events with both the air pistol and the free pistol in Guangzhou . At the World Championships in Zagreb he was able to reach the finals and was sixth (657.0 rings). At the 2007 Asian Championships in Kuwait City , Jin won silver with the free pistol (656.8 rings) and fifth with the air pistol (675.1 rings).

Jin achieved his greatest success in the air pistol discipline at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing when he won the silver medal behind local hero Pang Wei with 684.5 rings. With the free pistol he won his first gold medal three days later with 660.4 rings. Again, as with his other medal wins, he left the North Korean Kim Jong-su right behind him, who was convicted of doping only a few days later.

In 2009 he won the World Cup in Changwon with an air pistol, where he broke the previous world record, which had existed for over 20 years, by one ring with an initial 583 rings in the qualification round. He moved into the final first and came second with a further 95.7 rings and a total of 689.7 rings behind Leonid Jekimow , who won with a total of 691 rings. At the 2010 World Shooting Championships in Munich, he was considered a favorite, but this time he could not quite live up to his role as a favorite.

In the 2012 Olympic Games in London Jin won the title with the air gun and also defended the title with the free pistol. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he again won the gold medal with the free pistol and finished fifth with the air pistol.

Web links

• Jin Jong-oh in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

supporting documents

1. ↑ World record list of the International Sport Shooting Federation
2. ^ Result list ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Changwon, KOR

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jin is the family name here, Jong-ho is the first name.