Yang Ji-in
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| Born | 20 May 2003 Namwon, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yang Ji-in (Korean: 양지인; born 20 May 2003)[1] is a South Korean sport shooter. She specialises in the 25 m pistol events. She won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] In October 2024, She was honored as the female athlete of the year by the International Shooting Sport Federation(ISSF), celebrating her outstanding accomplishments in sport shooting.[3]
Career
She was a bronze medalist in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.[4][5][6] In the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships, she won a silver medal, second to Kim Ye-ji.[7] Yang at 2022 ISSF World Championships Won Silver Medal With Kim min-seo and Kim Ye-seol in 25m pistol team Junior and theirs Won Bronze Medal In 10m air pistol team Junior.[8][9] She was a gold medal at the 2024 ISSF World Cup Baku in 25 meter pistol.[10] and she won gold medal at the 2024 Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships Jakarta In 25 metre pistol[11]
Biography
Her father was a boxer. She attended Korea National Sport University.[12]
References
- ^ "Yang Ji-in". Olympic.com. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Korea's Yang beats home athlete Jedrzejewski to 25m pistol women's gold in tense shoot-off". ISSF. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ shivampatel1 (21 October 2024). "Liu Yukun, Yang Ji-in Shine as ISSF Athletes of the Year". adda247. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Results-Book_ASC-Asian-Games-Hangzhou-2023-v2.pdf" (PDF). Issf-Sports.org.
- ^ "25m Pistol Team Women Final" (PDF). asia-shooting. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "25m Pistol Women Final Results" (PDF). Asian Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ 김, 양희 (3 August 2024). "[속보] '숨어 있던 킬러' 양지인, '25m 권총' 금메달 명중". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Triple victory for the People's Republic of China at the World Championship". ISSF. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "9 medals for China and historical day for Egypt: World Championship is going on in Cairo". Asian Shooting Confederation. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Korea's Yang equals her 25m pistol women world record at ISSF World Cup Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun in Baku". ISSF. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "World record for Korea's Yang Jiin in Asian Olympic qualifier as Sangwan earns historic Paris 2024 quota place for India". ISSF. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ 김, 영준 (3 August 2024). ""어떻게든 되겠지" 돌부처 양지인, 슛오프 끝 사격 金 쐈다". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 3 August 2024.