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Jin Jong-oh

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Jin Jong-oh is a South Korean sport shooter born September 24, 1979, in Chuncheon, who specializes in pistol events. Competing at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, he won four Olympic gold medals and two silver medals, becoming the only shooter in Olympic history to win an individual event, the men's 50 metre pistol, at three consecutive Games, and the only individual shooter to win four Olympic gold medals overall, making him the most successful individual shooter in Olympic history.

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Birth Year
1979 1
Birth Date
1979-09-24 1
Nationality
South Korean 1
Career Highlight
The only individual four-time Olympic champion in shooting 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Wikipedia, Jin Jong-oh
  • Introduction, sentence 1, birth date
    born 24 September 1979
  • Infobox: birth_date
    September 24, 1979
  • Infobox, nationality
    South Korean
  • Introduction, sentence 2
    The only individual four-time Olympic champion in shooting
  • Category: South Korean male sport shooters
  • Infobox medal table lists 39 gold, silver or bronze medal rows
  • Article text
    By doing so, Jin also became the first man to win the 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol gold medals at the same Olympics, and one of the five shooters to win two individual gold medals at one Olympics, being the first man to have done so since Otto Olsen of Norway at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
  • Plays: Shooting, lead paragraph, plays
    Jin Jong-oh (Korean: 진종오; pronounced [tɕin.dʑoŋ.o]; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
  • Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
    Jin Jong-oh (Korean: 진종오; pronounced [tɕin.dʑoŋ.o]; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
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