Background and career
Kim Woo-jin (Korean: 김우진; Korean pronunciation: [ki.mu.dʑin] or [kim] [u.dʑin]; born June 20, 1992) is a South Korean archer specializing in recurve archery. He first held the world number one ranking in 2011. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he set a world record in men's individual recurve archery as well as won the gold medal as a member of the South Korean men's archery team. During the 2024 Summer Olympics, he earned an Olympic gold medal in the men's individual event after a tiebreaker with American archer Brady Ellison. This victory marked Kim's fifth gold medal overall and his third consecutive Olympics in which he won a gold medal. He is also a three-time world champion in the men's individual recurve event at the World Archery Championships.
His record of five Olympic gold medals is the most won by any archer in the world, surpassing the four won by Kim Soo-nyung. It also makes him the most awarded Korean Olympian of all time in any sport.
He is right-handed, and uses 30-inch (76 cm) arrows and a draw weight of 46 pounds (21 kg).
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