Oh Jin-hyek (Korean: 오진혁; Korean pronunciation: [o.dʑin.ɦjʌk̚,], Hanja: 吳真爀; born 15 August 1981) is a South Korean archer.[1] Oh first competed for the Korean national team in 1999, but did not win a major individual international tournament until he won the gold medal in the Men's individual event at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[2] also becoming the first Korean male archer to win an Olympic individual gold medal. With partners Im Dong-hyun and Kim Bub-min, he also finished in third place in the Men's team event.[3] He was the world number one ranked archer from April 2013 to June 2014, winning the individual gold medal at the 2013 Archery World Cup Final and two individual silver medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships.
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Representing  South Korea
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2012 London | Individual |
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2020 Tokyo | Team |
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2012 London | Team |
| World Championships | ||
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2009 Ulsan | Team |
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2011 Torino | Team |
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2013 Belek | Mixed team |
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2015 Copenhagen | Team |
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2021 Yankton | Team |
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1999 Riom | Team |
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2011 Torino | Individual |
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2013 Belek | Individual |
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2017 Mexico City | Team |
| World Cup Final | ||
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2011 Istanbul | Mixed team |
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2013 Paris | Individual |
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2013 Paris | Mixed team |
| Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | Team |
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2014 Incheon | Individual |
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2022 Hangzhou | Team |
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2018 Jakarta | Team |
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2014 Incheon | Team |
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2019 Bangkok | Team |
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2007 Xi'an | Team |
Oh competes for the Hyundai Steel corporate archery team and is known for his distinctive dynamic technique.[4][5][6]
Oh won the Men's Team Gold Medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics for Team South Korea. Oh was the 3rd seed in the Olympics Men's Individual but lost in the Round of 16 to Indian archer Atanu Das.
Individual performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | SR |
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| World Archery tournaments | |||||||
| Olympic Games | W | 1/1 | |||||
| World Championships | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 0/3 | |||
| World Cup | |||||||
| Stage 1 | QF | QF | 3R | W | 1/4 | ||
| Stage 2 | 2nd | 4R | W | 2nd | 1/4 | ||
| Stage 3 | QF | 2nd | QF | 0/3 | |||
| Stage 4 | 2nd | 3R | 4th | 0/3 | |||
| World Cup Final | DNQ | DNQ | QF | DNQ | W | QF | 1/3 |
| End of year world ranking | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
References
edit- ^ "Oh Jin-hyek". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Olympics archery: Oh Jin Hyek adds another gold for Koreans". Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Archery Medals - Gold, Silver, Bronze | London 2012". Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Hyundai Steel Archery Team". www.hyundai-steel.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Oh Jin-hyek | Easton Archery". Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "World Archery > NEWS > News". www.worldarchery.org. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014.
External links
edit- Oh Jin Hyek at World Archery
- Oh Jin-Hyek at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Oh Jin-Hyeok at Olympedia
- Jin Hyek Oh at Olympics.com
