# Oh Jin-hyek

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South Korean archer (born 1981)

Oh Jin-hyek Oh in 2012 Medal record Men's recurve archery Representing South Korea Olympic Games 2012 London Individual 2020 Tokyo Team 2012 London Team World Championships 2009 Ulsan Team 2011 Turin Team 2013 Belek Mixed team 2015 Copenhagen Team 2021 Yankton Team 1999 Riom Team 2011 Turin Individual 2013 Belek Individual 2017 Mexico City Team World Cup Final 2011 Istanbul Mixed team 2013 Paris Individual 2013 Paris Mixed team Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Individual 2022 Hangzhou Team 2018 Jakarta Team 2014 Incheon Team Asian Championships 2019 Bangkok Team 2007 Xi'an Team

**Oh Jin-hyek** ([Korean](/source/Korean_language): 오진혁; Korean pronunciation: [\[o.dʑin.ɦjʌk̚,\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean), [Hanja](/source/Hanja): 吳真爀; born 15 August 1981) is a South Korean archer.[1] Oh first competed for the [Korean national team](/source/List_of_South_Korean_archers) in 1999, but did not win a major individual international tournament until he won the gold medal in the [Men's individual event](/source/Archery_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_individual) at the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics),[2] also becoming the first Korean male archer to win an Olympic individual gold medal.

## Career

With partners [Im Dong-hyun](/source/Im_Dong-hyun) and [Kim Bub-min](/source/Kim_Bub-min), he also finished in third place in the [Men's team event](/source/Archery_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team).[3] He was the [world number one ranked archer](/source/World_Archery_Rankings#Number_one_ranked_archers) from April 2013 to June 2014, winning the individual gold medal at the [2013 Archery World Cup](/source/2013_Archery_World_Cup) Final and two individual silver medals at the [2011](/source/2011_World_Archery_Championships) and [2013](/source/2013_World_Archery_Championships) [World Championships](/source/World_Championships).

Oh competes for the [Hyundai Steel](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Oh Jin-hyek"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120801003340/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/oh-jin-hyek-1098717/). london2012.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.london2012.com/athlete/oh-jin-hyek-1098717/) on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Olympics archery: Oh Jin Hyek adds another gold for Koreans"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18916527). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120806005120/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18916527) from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Olympic Archery Medals - Gold, Silver, Bronze | London 2012"](http://www.london2012.com/archery/medals/medallist/). Retrieved 3 January 2013.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hyundai Steel Archery Team"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195908/https://www.hyundai-steel.com/hsa/index.jsp). *www.hyundai-steel.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.hyundai-steel.com/hsa/index.jsp) on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Oh Jin-hyek | Easton Archery"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140910215817/http://www.eastonarchery.com/athletes/oh-jin-hyek). Archived from [the original](http://www.eastonarchery.com/athletes/oh-jin-hyek) on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["World Archery > NEWS > News"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140619170052/http://www.worldarchery.org/NEWS/News/ArtMID/10510/ArticleID/9533/Korea%E2%80%99s-archery-rebel-just-who-is-OH-Jin-Hyek). *www.worldarchery.org*. Archived from [the original](http://www.worldarchery.org/NEWS/News/ArtMID/10510/ArticleID/9533/Korea%E2%80%99s-archery-rebel-just-who-is-OH-Jin-Hyek) on 19 June 2014.

## External links

- [Oh Jin Hyek](https://worldarchery.sport/profile/1030) at [World Archery](/source/World_Archery)

- [Oh Jin-Hyek](https://web.archive.org/web/20161204/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oh/oh-jin-hyek-1.html) at [Olympics at Sports-Reference.com](/source/Sports_Reference#Olympics) (archived)

- [Oh Jin-Hyeok](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/124388) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Jin Hyek Oh](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jin-hyek-oh) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

v t e Olympic Archery Champions in Men's Individual 1972: John Williams (USA) 1976: Darrell Pace (USA) 1980: Tomi Poikolainen (FIN) 1984: Darrell Pace (USA) 1988: Jay Barrs (USA) 1992: Sébastien Flute (FRA) 1996: Justin Huish (USA) 2000: Simon Fairweather (AUS) 2004: Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 2008: Viktor Ruban (UKR) 2012: Oh Jin-hyek (KOR) 2016: Ku Bon-chan (KOR) 2020: Mete Gazoz (TUR) 2024: Kim Woo-jin (KOR)

v t e Olympic Archery Champions in Men's Team 1988: Chun, Lee H., Park S. (KOR) 1992: Holgado, Menéndez, Vázquez (ESP) 1996: Huish, Johnson, White (USA) 2000: Jang, Kim C., Oh K. (KOR) 2004: Im, Jang, Park K. (KOR) 2008: Im, Lee C., Park K. (KOR) 2012: Frangilli, Galiazzo, Nespoli (ITA) 2016: Kim W., Ku, Lee S. (KOR) 2020: Kim J., Kim W., Oh J. (KOR) 2024: Kim J., Kim W., Lee W. (KOR)

v t e World Champions in mixed team recurve 2011: Im, Ki (KOR) 2013: Ki, Oh (KOR) 2015: Ki, Ku (KOR) 2017: Im, Kang (KOR) 2019: Lee, Kang (KOR) 2021: An, Kim (KOR) 2023: Lim, Kim (KOR) 2025: Canales, Temiño (ESP)

v t e Asian Games Champions in Archery – Men's Individual Recurve 1978: Ichiro Shimamura (JPN) 1982: Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN) 1986: Takayoshi Matsushita (JPN) 1990: Yang Chang-hoon (KOR) 1994: Park Kyung-mo (KOR) 1998: Han Seung-hoon (KOR) 2002: Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN) 2006: Im Dong-hyun (KOR) 2010: Kim Woo-jin (KOR) 2014: Oh Jin-hyek (KOR) 2018: Kim Woo-jin (KOR) 2022: Baatarkhuyagiin Otgonbold (MGL)

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