Oh Jin-hyek (Korean: 오진혁; 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.
Career
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.
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
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "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 6 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Archery Medals - Gold, Silver, Bronze | London 2012". Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
- ^ "Hyundai Steel Archery Team". www.hyundai-steel.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "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 2014-06-19.