Im Dong-hyun is a South Korean former archer known for setting multiple world records in the 72-arrow ranking round despite being legally blind, unable to see a standard eye chart clearly. He won two Olympic team gold medals, at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games, as part of South Korea's dominant men's archery team. His performances drew wide international attention to his visual impairment and his reliance on the target's colored blur rather than sharp focus.
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Career HighlightOlympic gold medalist in men's team archery (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing); World Champion in individual recurve (2007, 2017). 1 Classification
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How many Olympic medals did Im Dong-hyun win?
Two golds and one bronze: team gold in 2004 and 2008 and team bronze in 2012.
Olympedia lists three Olympic medals for Im Dong-hyun: two golds and one bronze. All three came in the men's team recurve event, with gold in 2004 and 2008 and bronze in 2012. In the individual recurve event he finished sixth in 2004, ninth in 2008 and tied for ninth in 2012. Olympedia also marks his ranking round scores of 687 in 2004 and 699 in 2012 as world records. It spells his name Im Dong-Hyeon and lists Im Dong-Hyun as another name.
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He competes for the South Korean national team and is a former world number one.
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He competes for the South Korean national team and is a former world number one.
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Im Dong-hyun (Korean: 임동현; Korean pronunciation: [im.doŋ.ɦjʌn]; born 12 May 1986) is a South Korean archer.
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Im Dong-hyun (Korean: 임동현; Korean pronunciation: [im.doŋ.ɦjʌn]; born 12 May 1986) is a South Korean archer.
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Im finished his ranking round with a total of 670 points, nine points behind leader Juan René Serrano.
Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
Im was also a member of Korea's gold medal men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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