Jin Jong-oh

Jin Jong-oh is, for my money, one of the most underrated greats in all of sport. Four individual Olympic golds and three straight in the 50 metre pistol is a record that may never be touched, and it was earned in a discipline where your own heartbeat is the enemy. I am drawn to athletes who win in silence, with no crowd to carry them and no teammate to lean on, just the shooter, the breath, and the target. That kind of ice-cold composure under unbearable pressure is, to me, the purest expression of mastery. He deserves to be named alongside any legend you can think of.

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.

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Name (English)

Jin Jong-oh

Name (Japanese)

秦鐘午

Reading

ちん・じょんお

Born

September 24, 1979 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Goat

Origin

Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea

Blood type

Private

Height

2 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

sport shooter

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Kyungnam University

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jong_oh_jin/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A7%A6%E9%8D%BE%E5%8D%88

Tags

• Gangwon Province
• sport shooter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.