Kim Woo-jin is a South Korean recurve archer born June 20, 1992, in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, who first reached the world number one ranking in 2011. He has won five Olympic gold medals, at the 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Games, taking individual, team and mixed team gold at Paris 2024 alone, more Olympic golds than any other archer in history and more than any Korean Olympian in any sport. He is also a three time world champion in the men's individual recurve event, winning titles in 2011, 2015 and 2021, and at the 2016 Rio Games he set a world record qualifying score of 700 out of 720 despite losing in the second round of the elimination bracket.
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Career HighlightWon an Olympic gold medal in the men's individual event at Paris 2024, his fifth Olympic gold overall, the most of any archer in history 1 Classification
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(1992-06-20) June 20, 1992
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Kim earned an Olympic gold medal in the men's individual event after a tiebreaker with American archer Brady Ellison. This victory marked Kim's fifth gold medal overall
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Kim Woo-jin (Korean: 김우진; Korean pronunciation: [ki.mu.dʑin] or [kim] [u.dʑin]; born June 20, 1992) is a South Korean archer specializing in recurve archery.
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he set a world record in men's individual recurve archery as well as won the gold medal as a member of the South Korean men's archery team.
Competed In: 2024 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
During the 2024 Summer Olympics, he earned an Olympic gold medal in the men's individual event after a tiebreaker with American archer Brady Ellison.
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