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{{short description|South Korean sports shooter}}
{{family name hatnote|Jin||lang=Korean}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name             = Jin Jong-oh
|native_name      = 진종오
|native_name_lang = 
|image            = KOCIS London Korea Jinjongoh Shooting 06 (7683325808).jpg
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|alt              = 
|caption          = 
|nationality      = South Korean
|birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|9|24}}
|birth_place      = [[Chuncheon]], [[Gangwon Province (South Korea)|Gangwon]]
|death_date       = 
|death_place      = 
|residence        = 
|education        = 
|alma_mater       = 
|years_active     = 
|height           = 1.75 m
|weight           = 78 kg
|website          = 
|country          = {{KOR}}
|sport            = [[Shooting sports|Shooting]]
|event            = [[50 metre pistol]], [[10 metre air pistol]]
|club             = KT Sports
|coach            = 
|retired          = 
|show-medals      = no
|medaltemplates   = {{MedalCount|total=yes
| [[Olympic Games]] | 4 | 2 | –
| [[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]] | 4 | 2 | 2
| [[ISSF World Cup|World Cup Final]] | 3 | – | 1
| [[Asian Games]] | 3 | 4 | 4
| [[Asian Shooting Championships|Asian Championships]] | 3 | 3 | 1
}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|50 m pistol]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]}}
{{MedalGold|2012 London|[[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|50 m pistol]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|50 m pistol]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol|50 m pistol]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2010 Munich]]|50 m pistol team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2014 Granada]]|50 m pistol}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Granada|10 m air pistol}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2018 Changwon]]|10 m air pistol}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Granada|50 m pistol team}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Granada|10 m air pistol team}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Munich|10 m air pistol}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Munich|10 m air pistol team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ISSF World Cup|World Cup Final]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 ISSF World Cup|2008 Bangkok]]|50 m pistol}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 ISSF World Cup|2009 Wuxi]]|50 m pistol}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Wuxi|10 m air pistol}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2013 ISSF World Cup|2013 Munich]]|50 m pistol}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Shooting at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|10 m air pistol team}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Guangzhou|50 m pistol team}}
{{MedalGold|[[Shooting at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|10 m air pistol team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Shooting at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|50 m pistol team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Shooting at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|10 m air pistol team}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Guangzhou|50 m pistol}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Incheon|50 m pistol team}}
{{MedalBronze|2002 Busan|10 m air pistol}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Doha|10 m air pistol}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Doha|50 m pistol team}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Incheon|10 m air pistol}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Shooting Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Asian Shooting Championships|2012 Doha]]|50 m pistol}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Doha|10 m air pistol}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Doha|10 m air pistol team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 Asian Shooting Championships|2015 Kuwait City]]|10 m air pistol}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Kuwait City|50 m pistol team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Asian Shooting Championships|2007 Kuwait City]]|50 m pistol}}
{{MedalSilver|2007 Kuwait City|50 m pistol team}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Doha|50 m pistol team}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Kuwait City|10 m air pistol team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2004 Asian Shooting Championships|2004 Kuala Lumpur]]|10 m air pistol}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul     = %진종오
| hanja      = 秦鍾午
}}
'''Jin Jong-oh''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=진종오|ko_ipa=tɕin.dʑoŋ.o}}; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean [[Shooting sports|sports shooter]] who competed at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]], [[2012 Summer Olympics|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/jin-jong-oh-makes-history-third-consecutive-gold-medal|title=Jin Jong-oh earns 50m pistol gold, makes history|date=10 August 2016|access-date=17 August 2016|publisher=NBC Olympics|archive-date=29 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029104214/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/jin-jong-oh-makes-history-third-consecutive-gold-medal|url-status=dead}}</ref> He holds the world record in both [[10 metre air pistol]] and [[50 metre pistol]] and held the final world record in [[50 metre pistol]] until Jitu Rai broke it in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/jitu-rai-wins-gold-smashes-50m-pistol-world-record-at-shooting-world-cup|title=Jitu Rai Wins Gold & Smashes 50m Pistol World Record At Shooting World Cup|date=1 March 2017|access-date= 27 January 2022|publisher=scoopwhoop}}</ref>

==Career==
On 17 August 2004, Jin won the silver medal in the [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol|men's 50 m pistol]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], with two low-scoring shots in the final round after winning the qualification round.

On 12 August 2008, Jin won the gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol|men's 50 m pistol]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. He also gained the silver medal in the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|men's 10 m air pistol]] on 9 August of the same year.

On 28 July 2012, Jin won the gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|men's 10 m air pistol]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19031391|title=Jin Jong-Oh wins Olympic 10m air pistol gold for South Korea|department=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=28 July 2012|access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> On 5 August, he won the gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|50m]], becoming the first man to successfully defend the 50-metre pistol Olympic title. By doing so, Jin also became the first man to win the 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol gold medals at the same Olympics, and one of the five shooters to win two individual gold medals at one Olympics, being the first man to have done so since [[Otto Olsen (sport shooter)|Otto Olsen]] of [[Norway]] at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]. He is one of three shooters to have won three Olympic individual gold medals, along with [[Ralf Schumann]] of [[Germany]] and [[Kim Rhode]] of the [[United States]]. He became the first Korean athlete to win three individual Olympic gold medals, to win four (and five) individual Olympic medals, to defend an individual title in the Summer Olympics (while [[Sim Kwon-Ho]] won Olympic gold medals for Greco-Roman wrestling in [[Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] and [[Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], he won two different weight divisions), to win two individual gold medals at one Summer Olympic Games and to win an individual medal for one event at three consecutive Olympic Games ([[Kim Soo-Nyung]] won individual gold, silver and bronze medals respectively for archery in the [[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]], [[Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] and [[Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] but these Olympics were non-consecutive).

On 9 September 2014, Jin won the 50 metre pistol gold medal at the [[2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2014 World Shooting Championships]] after shooting 583 points out of possible 600 in the qualification, thereby breaking the 34-year-old World Record of 581 points set by Soviet [[Aleksandr Melentyev]] at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]]. In doing so, Jin also set several milestones not seen in 50-metre pistol since the current quadrennial intervals between the world championships were established after the [[1954 ISSF World Shooting Championships|1954 World Championships]]; World championships were previously held annually until 1931 (with exceptions) then biennially until 1954. He became the first shooter since [[1952 ISSF World Shooting Championships|1952]] (and fourth overall) to have won three world-level championships (Olympics and world championships) and the first since the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] (fourth overall) to simultaneously hold the Olympic and World titles in the discipline. He also became the second 50-metre pistol shooter (after [[Ragnar Skanåker]] in 1993) to have won the Olympics, the world championships and the World Cup Final. Two days later he also won the 10 metre air pistol gold medal at the same world championships.

On 6 August 2016, Jin placed 5th in 10 metre pistol at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Rio de Janeiro]] after placing second in the qualifications. On 10 August, he placed first in the qualifications and went on to win the gold medal for 50 metre pistol at the same Olympics, coming back from 7th place during the final round. In doing so Jin became the first athlete to have won three consecutive gold medal in one event in shooting (Schumann's three gold medals in [[25 metre rapid fire pistol]] were non-consecutive) and the first shooter to have won four individual gold medals at the Olympic Games. He also matched Chinese shooter [[Wang Yifu]]'s records of six individual medals at the Olympics and most consecutive Olympic medals (four) in one event, including the silver medal he won for 50 metre pistol at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He became the first person since [[Torsten Ullman]] of [[Sweden]] in 1937 to have won three consecutive World level Championships in 50 metre pistol. With four gold and two silver medals, he became the most successful Olympian in Korean history, becoming the first Korean to have won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in one event, three Olympic gold medals in one individual event (Kim with four gold, one silver and one bronze medal won non-consecutive gold medals in Archery Team event), four individual gold medals, six individual medals, and a medal in one event at four consecutive Olympic Games.

On 6 September 2018, Jin won the 10 metre air pistol gold medal at the [[2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2018 World Shooting Championships]] after a shoot-off against Russia's [[Artem Chernousov]], trailing for most of the final round. Jin became the first man to win two (consecutive) World Championships in the event. He did not defend his title at the 50 metre pistol event, which was excluded from the Olympic program from the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].

==World records==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
!colspan=7| Current world records held in [[10 metre air pistol]]
|-
|rowspan=1 | Men
{{Shooting WR AP60 Men Qualification}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
!colspan=7| Current world records held in [[50 metre pistol]]
|-
|rowspan=2 | Men
{{Shooting WR FP Men Qualification}}
|-
{{Shooting WR FP Men Final}}
|}

== Ambassadorship ==
* Ambassador for the 2022 Incheon Korea Art Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0001509398|last=Lee|first=Jung-bum|script-title=ko:박혜경→진종오, '2022 인천 코리아 아트 페스티벌' 홍보대사 위촉|trans-title=Park Hye-kyung → Jin Jong-oh appointed as ambassador for '2022 Incheon Korea Art Festival|publisher=X-ports News |via=[[Naver]]|date=October 7, 2022|access-date=October 10, 2022|language=ko}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Olympic Champions Shooting FP}}
{{Olympic Champions Shooting AP60}}

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