ATHLETE

Jin Jong-oh

1979 - Today

Photo of Jin Jong-oh

Icon of person Jin Jong-oh

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 different languages on Wikipedia. Jin Jong-oh is the 3,039th most popular athlete (down from 2,954th in 2019), the 726th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 703rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular South Korean Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Jin Jong-oh by language

Loading...

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jin Jong-oh ranks 3,039 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, Antonio Pettigrew, Aaron Brown, David Kostelecký, Ludwig Paischer, and Sabine Everts.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Jin Jong-oh ranks 519. 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.

Others Born in 1979

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Jin Jong-oh ranks 726 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Jung-hwan (1983), Bona (1995), Yoon Doo-joon (1989), Jin Se-yeon (1994), Baek Jin-hee (1990), and Kim Kyung-wook (1970). After him are Gong Myung (1994), Kim Sang-sik (1976), Lee Ho (1984), Lee Hyung-taik (1976), So Yi-hyun (1984), and Gong Seung-yeon (1993).

Others born in South Korea

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ATHLETES In South Korea

Among athletes born in South Korea, Jin Jong-oh ranks 19. 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), Shin Joon-sup (1963), Jang Mi-ran (1983), Yun Sung-bin (1994), Hwang Kyung-seon (1986), and An Baul (1994).

South Korean born Athletes

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous