Kim Cheong-yong

{{short description|South Korean sport shooter}}

{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}

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| name = Kim Cheong-yong

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| fullname = Kim Cheong-yong

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do, South
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| sport = Shooting

| event = 10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)

| club = Heung-deok High School

| coach = Kim Seun-il

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{{MedalSport | Men's shooting}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Granada|10 m air pistol team}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Baku|50 m pistol team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Incheon | 10 m air pistol }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Kuwait City|10 m air pistol team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Youth Olympics}}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Nanjing | 10 m air pistol }}

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Kim Cheong-yong ({{langx|ko|김 청용}}; born January 1, 1997, in Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean sport shooter.{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Kim Cheong-yong|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHKORM0101199701|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=13 August 2015}} 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.{{cite news|title=Pavlo Korostylov stays focused to secure shooting gold|url=http://www.olympic.org/news/pavlo-korostylov-stays-focused-to-secure-shooting-gold/235906|publisher=Olympics|date=18 August 2014|accessdate=17 June 2015}} Kim is a member of the shooting club at Heung-deok High School in Uiwang under his personal coach Kim Seun-il.{{cite news|title=Asian Games 2014: South Korean Schoolboy Outguns Olympic Champion|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2014/news/230191-asian-games-2014-south-korean-schoolboy-outguns-olympic-champion|work=Agence France-Presse|publisher=NDTV|date=21 September 2014|accessdate=13 August 2015}}

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.{{cite news|first=Alessandro|last=Ceschi|title=Pistol favorite Korostylov smoothly wins in Nanjing|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2127|publisher=ISSF|date=18 August 2014|accessdate=17 June 2015}}{{cite news|title=Korostylov surpasses finals world record in 10m air pistol|url=http://www.china.org.cn/sports/2014-08/18/content_33271604.htm|work=Xinhua|publisher=China Internet Information Center|date=18 August 2014|accessdate=13 August 2015}}

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.{{cite news|title=Teenage Korean Shooter Wins 2 Gold Medals at Asiad|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/09/22/2014092202147.html|publisher=The Chosun Ilbo|date=22 September 2014|accessdate=17 June 2015}}{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Rutherford|title=Student becomes master as South Korean downs his hero|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/games-asian-shooting-southkorea-idINKBN0HG08L20140921|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122223703/http://in.reuters.com/article/games-asian-shooting-southkorea-idINKBN0HG08L20140921|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2016|publisher=Reuters|date=21 September 2014|accessdate=13 August 2015}}