| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | Team M | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| 1 | Team M | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| 6 | Individual | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| 9 | Individual | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | Team M | 2011 | Turin, ITA | |
| 1 | Team X | 2011 | Turin, ITA | |
| 1 | Team M | 2009 | Ulsan, KOR | |
| 1 | Individual | 2007 | Leipzig, GER | |
| 1 | Team M | 2007 | Leipzig, GER | |
| 1 | Team M | 2003 | New York, NY, USA | |
| 2 | Individual | 2009 | Ulsan, KOR | |
| 2 | Individual | 2003 | New York, NY, USA | |
| 4 | Individual | 2011 | Turin, ITA | |
| Asian Games | ||||
| 1 | Team M | 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | |
| World Cup Final | ||||
| 1 | Individual | 2008 | Lausanne, SUI | |
| 2 | Individual | 2010 | Edinburgh, GBR | |
| World Cup | ||||
| 1 | Individual | 2012 | Antalya, TUR | |
| 1 | Individual | 2010 | Shanghai, CHN | |
| 1 | Team X | 2010 | Ogden, UT, USA | |
| 3 | Individual | 2010 | Ogden, UT, USA | |
| 3 | Individual | 2009 | Shanghai, CHN | |
Nickname
Global Ace, Blind Archer. (archery.org, 19 Apr 2010; BBC, 15 Aug 2011)
Hobbies
Listening to music, cycling, playing computer games. (archery.org, 19 Apr 2010)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Physical Education - Korea National Sport University, Seoul, KOR
Language(s) spoken
Korean
Club name
Cheong-Ju City, Cheongju, KOR
Coach
Jang Young-Sul (KOR) from 2009 (Athlete, 30 Oct 2011)
Handedness
Right (archery.org, 19 Apr 2010)
Debut
2002 for Korea (Athlete, 30 Oct 2011)
Injuries
He had surgery after shoulder problems hindered his preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (BBC, 15 Aug 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He began training age 10 in South Korea. (bbc.co.uk, 26 Jul 2011)
Reason for taking up this sport
He started at the request of a teacher. (Athlete, 30 Oct 2011)
Ambitions
To win individual and team gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (olympic.org, 02 Nov 2011)
Training
He trains six or seven hours each day. In addition to shooting, he spends time in the gym every day lifting weights to try to build his strength. (BBC, 15 Aug 2011; olympic.org, 02 Nov 2011)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning team gold at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. (Athlete, 30 Oct 2011)
Hero
The members of the Korean archery team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. (olympic.org, 02 Nov 2011)
Most influential person in career
His teachers, parents and friends. (Athlete, 30 Oct 2011)
Awards
At the age of 18 years and 101 days, he became the youngest male champion in the history of Olympic archery when he was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (nbcolympics.com, 18 Jul 2008)
General
KOREA'S 'BLIND' ARCHER
He has 20/100 vision in his right eye and 20/200 in his left eye, meaning he is legally blind in his left eye and needs to be 10 times closer to see objects clearly compared to someone with perfect vision. "With my vision, when I look at the target, it looks as if different colour paints have been dropped in water. The boundaries are not that clear and the lines between the colours are very blurred," he says. Despite his poor eyesight, he refuses to wear glasses or contact lenses and relies on 'feel' and being able to see the bright colours of the target. He has also refused offers of free eye surgery to improve his vision. "I've practised using glasses before but actually it makes me feel less comfortable when I shoot. When I look down the range at the target all I can do is try to distinguish between the different colours. If I couldn't see the colours, now that would be a problem." According to the BBC he is known as 'Korea's Blind Archer'. (myvisiontest.com, 19 Apr 2010; acbvi.org, 2012; news.bbc.co.uk, 2012)
RAIN AND GENTLEMEN IN 2012
When asked in 2011 what he knew of London ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games, he replied "Two things. It's always raining and it's a country of gentlemen." (news.bbc.co.uk, 15 Aug 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
