Kim Cheong-yong

Kim Cheong-yong (Korean: 김 청용; born January 1, 1997, in Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean sport shooter.[1] He won a silver medal in boys' 10 m air pistol shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, and eventually claimed a gold medal to a thunderous applause from the home crowd when South Korea hosted the Asian Games a month later.[2] Kim is a member of the shooting club at Heung-deok High School in Uiwang under his personal coach Kim Seun-il.[1][3]

Kim Cheong-yong
Personal information
Full nameKim Cheong-yong
Nationality South Korea
Born (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997
Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do, South
Korea
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubHeung-deok High School[1]
Coached byKim Seun-il[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  South Korea
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanjing 10 m air pistol
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 10 m air pistol
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 Granada10 m air pistol team
Silver medal – second place2023 Baku50 m pistol team
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim first came to a worldwide attention as a 17-year-old at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where he fired a score of 201.2 to take the silver medal in the boys' 10 m air pistol, falling short to Ukraine's Pavlo Korostylov by a stalwart 3.6-point margin.[2][4][5]

When his nation South Korea hosted the Asian Games one month later, Kim beat a star-studded field in the final, including his personal hero and the reigning World and Olympic champion Jin Jong-oh, to claim the gold medal on his senior debut in air pistol shooting, finishing with an astonishing record of 201.2.[3][6][7]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Kim Cheong-yong". ISSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. "Pavlo Korostylov stays focused to secure shooting gold". Olympics. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. "Asian Games 2014: South Korean Schoolboy Outguns Olympic Champion". Agence France-Presse. NDTV. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. Ceschi, Alessandro (18 August 2014). "Pistol favorite Korostylov smoothly wins in Nanjing". ISSF. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. "Korostylov surpasses finals world record in 10m air pistol". Xinhua. China Internet Information Center. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  6. "Teenage Korean Shooter Wins 2 Gold Medals at Asiad". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. Rutherford, Peter (21 September 2014). "Student becomes master as South Korean downs his hero". Reuters. Retrieved 13 August 2015.


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