Kim Woo-jin
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Kim Woo-jin at the 2015 World Cup |
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nation | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | June 20, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: October 6, 2016 |
Kim Woo-jin ( kor. 김우진 ; born June 20, 1992 ) is a South Korean archer and Olympic champion .
Career
At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou , Kim Woo-jin won gold both individually and with the team. In 2011 in Turin and 2015 in Copenhagen , he became world champion both individually and with the team.
Kim Woo-jin took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . Together with Ku Bon-chan and Lee Seung-yun , he won the gold medal in the team competition .
In the individual ranking he set a new world record with 700 points. He exceeded the record of his compatriot Im Dong-hyun , who had reached 699 points at the 2012 Olympic Games in London . In the subsequent knockout round , he was surprisingly eliminated in the second round against Riau Ega Agatha .
Web links
- Kim Woo-jin at the World Archery Federation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reuters : USA make do with silver in men's team archery as South Koreans clinch gold. In: theguardian.com. August 6, 2016, accessed October 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Rio 2016: South Korean archer Kim Woo-jin sets first world record of Games. In: bbc.com. August 5, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016 .
- ↑ individual (FITA Olympic round - 70m) men results - Archery - London 2012 Olympics. In: london2012.com. August 11, 2012, archived from the original on December 6, 2012 ; Retrieved December 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Chris Wells: # 1 seed Kim suffers shock 2nd-round defeat in Rio. In: worldarchery.org. August 8, 2016, accessed October 6, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Kim Woo-jin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김우진 (Hangeul) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean archer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1992 |