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.

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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)

Origin

Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea

Height

175 cm

Occupation

sport shooter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Goat

University

Kyungnam University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jong_oh_jin/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin%20Jong-oh
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A7%A6%E9%8D%BE%E5%8D%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379517

Tags

• Gangwon Province
• sport shooter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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