Keum Ji-hyeon (Korean: 금지현; born 17 March 2000) is a South Korean sport shooter who won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the mixed 10 metre air rifle event.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Keum Ji-hyeon
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 24)
Ulsan, South Korea
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportShooting
EventAir rifle
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing the  South Korea
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 10 metre air rifle team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Changwon 10 m air rifle team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2024 Baku 10 m air rifle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baku 10 m air rifle mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Changwon 10 m air rifle team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Beijing 10 m air rifle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 New Delhi 10 m air rifle mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Changwon 10 m air rifle mixed team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 10 m air rifle mixed team
Asian Airgun Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Daegu 10 m air rifle team

She participated at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships.[11][12]

Her daughter was born in May 2023.

References

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  1. ^ "Korea wins silver in mixed team rifle shooting for 1st medal of Paris Olympics". The Korea Times. 2024-07-27.
  2. ^ "International Shooting Sport Federation". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  3. ^ "More medals – and a world record - for China in 10m air rifle at Baku World Cup". issf-sports.org. 6 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Final Match ARW at 2024 World Cup in Baku" (PDF). issf-sports.org. 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Republic of Korea, Greece, Finland and the Czech Republic took Golds in the next day at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan". ISSF. 30 May 2022.
  6. ^ "3 Gold for Republic of Korea at once!". ISSF. 14 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Yulia Karimova wins her first Wold Cup Gold medal , Republic of Korea's Eunji Kwon and Jihyeon Keum finished in second and third places respectively". ISSF. 23 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Flash news: Team China pockets 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team gold in New Delhi , Team Romania 1 claimed silver, thanks to Laura-Georgeta Coman and to 2012 air rifle Olympic champion Alin George Moldoveanu.Bronze went to Team Korea 1 (Keum Jihyeon and Choo Byounggil)". ISSF. 27 February 2019.
  9. ^ "China, Russia and Republic of Korea win medals at the air rifle mixed team event". ISSF. 23 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Indonesia, the People's Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Singapore, Kazakhstan and Qatar complete the list of nations with Olympic Quotas". ISSF. 7 November 2019.
  11. ^ 10 m team air rifle results
  12. ^ "AR60WTEAM at 2018 World Championships in Changwon" (PDF). issf-sports.org. 3 September 2018.
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