Lee Seung-yun

Lee Seung-yun (Korean: 이승윤; Korean pronunciation: [i.sɯŋ.jun]; born 18 April 1995) is a South Korean archer. After winning medals at the World Youth Championships,[4] he was first selected for the South Korean archery team in 2013, in which year he won team and individual medals at the 2013 Archery World Cup, finishing 4th in the World Cup Final in Paris, and reached the final of the 2013 World Archery Championships where he defeated teammate and Olympic champion Oh Jin-hyek.[5] He reached a career high world ranking of 5 in 2013, and in 2016 he ranked 8th.[3]

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Seung-yun
Lee in 2015
Personal information
Full name이승윤
Born (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995
Incheon, South Korea
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)[1]
Sport
Country South Korea
SportArchery
Event(s)recurve
Coached byPark Chae-soon (박채순)[2]
Seo Oh-seok (서오석)[3]
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 BelekIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2019 's-HertogenboschTeam
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 IncheonTeam
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2015 GwangjuIndividual
Gold medal – first place2015 GwangjuMixed Team
Gold medal – first place2015 GwangjuTeam
Gold medal – first place2017 TaipeiIndividual
Gold medal – first place2017 TaipeiMixed Team
Gold medal – first place2017 TaipeiTeam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 DhakaIndividual
Gold medal – first place2021 DhakaMixed team
Gold medal – first place2021 DhakaTeam
World Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 LegnicaTeam cadet
Bronze medal – third place2011 LegnicaIndividual cadet
Updated on 29 July 2023.

Lee, in his first international season, never finished out of the top eight in competition. As well as his world title, he qualified for the World Cup Final courtesy of an individual gold medal at the fourth World Cup stage of the year in Wroclaw.

During the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won gold as part of the South Korean team, and qualified for the men's individual round.[6]

References
  1. "Lee Seung-yun". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. "20-something friends team up for 1st Olympic gold in archery". The Korea Herald. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. "World Archery profile: Lee Seung-Yun". worldarchery.org. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. "2011 World Youth Championships results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. "FITA World Outdoor Target Archery Champions". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. "(Olympics) S. Korean archer Lee Seung-yun reaches round of 16 in men's individual". Yonhap. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.


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