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Jin Jong-oh

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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. The only individual four-time Olympic champion in shooting, he is the most successful individual shooter at the Olympics, being the only athlete to have won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in an event (men's 50 metre pistol) in shooting. He holds the world record in both 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol and held the final world record in 50 metre pistol until Jitu Rai broke it in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Jin Jong-oh is the 3,031st most popular athlete (down from 2,913th in 2024), the 779th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 702nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular South Korean Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jin Jong-oh ranks 3,031 out of 6,025. Before him are Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, Bertalan Hajtós, Nurfitriyana Saiman, Filip Filipović, João Silva, and Kim Kyung-wook. After him are Natalya Sadova, Kipkemboi Kimeli, Antonio Pettigrew, Aaron Brown, David Kostelecký, and Ludwig Paischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Jin Jong-oh ranks 534. Before him are Gonzalo Sorondo, Riki Lindhome, Adam Neumann, Emily St. John Mandel, Jonny Wilkinson, and Dennis Siver. After him are Aleksandr Kuschynski, Mélanie Joly, Luís Delgado, Krunoslav Lovrek, Zrinka Cvitešić, and Kye Sun-hui.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Jin Jong-oh ranks 779 out of 1,128. Before him are Jin Se-yeon (1994), Lee Young-jin (1963), Baek Jin-hee (1990), Koo Kyo-hwan (1982), Park Hae-il (1977), and Kim Kyung-wook (1970). After him are Gong Myung (1994), Ko So-young (1972), Kim Sang-sik (1976), Lee Ho (1984), Lee Hyung-taik (1976), and So Yi-hyun (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In South Korea

Among athletes born in South Korea, Jin Jong-oh ranks 21. Before him are Cho Youn-jeong (1969), Oh Jin-hyek (1981), Seo Hyang-soon (1967), Kim Soo-nyung (1971), Kim Jung-hwan (1983), and Kim Kyung-wook (1970). After him are Park Sung-hyun (1983), Oh Kyo-moon (1972), Shin Joon-sup (1963), Jang Mi-ran (1983), Yun Young-sook (1971), and Yun Sung-bin (1994).

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