Yang Ji-in
{{Short description|South Korean sports shooter (born 2003)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Paris | 25 metre Pistol}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|25 meter pistol}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|25 meter pistol team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Cairo|25m pistol team Junior}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Cairo|10m pistol team Junior}}
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{{MedalGold|2024 Baku|25 metre pistol}}
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{{MedalGold|2024 Jakarta|25 metre pistol}}
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Yang Ji-in ({{Korean|hangul=양지인}}; born 20 May 2003){{cite web |title=Yang Ji-in |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jiin-yang_1893995 |access-date=3 August 2024 |website=Olympic.com}} is a South Korean sport shooter. She specialises in the 25 m pistol events. She won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Korea's Yang beats home athlete Jedrzejewski to 25m pistol women's gold in tense shoot-off |url=https://issf-sports.org/news/4422 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=ISSF |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |last=shivampatel1 |date=2024-10-21 |title=Liu Yukun, Yang Ji-in Shine as ISSF Athletes of the Year |url=https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/liu-yukun-yang-ji-in-shine-as-issf-athletes-of-the-year/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=adda247 |language=en-IN}}
Career
She was a bronze medalist in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.{{Cite web |title=Results-Book_ASC-Asian-Games-Hangzhou-2023-v2.pdf |url=https://backoffice.issf-sports.org/media/calendar/2023/2867/completeresult/Results-Book_ASC-Asian-Games-Hangzzhou-2023-v2.pdf |website=Issf-Sports.org}}{{cite web |title=25m Pistol Team Women Final |url=https://www.asia-shooting.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/25m-Pistol-Team-Women-Final-Results.pdf |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=asia-shooting}}{{cite web |title=25m Pistol Women Final Results |url=https://www.asia-shooting.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/25m-Pistol-Women-Final-Results.pdf |accessdate=2023-11-18 |work=Asian Shooting Sport Federation}} In the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships, she won a silver medal, second to Kim Ye-ji.{{Cite web |last=김 |first=양희 |date=2024-08-03 |title=[속보] '숨어 있던 킬러' 양지인, '25m 권총' 금메달 명중 |url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/sports/sportstemp/olympics/1152056.html |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=The Hankyoreh |language=ko}} 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.{{Cite web |date=13 October 2022 |title=Triple victory for the People's Republic of China at the World Championship |url=https://issf-sports.org/news/3866 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=ISSF |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-19 |title=9 medals for China and historical day for Egypt: World Championship is going on in Cairo |url=https://www.asia-shooting.org/2022/10/9-medals-for-china-and-historical-day-for-egypt-world-championship-is-going-on-in-cairo/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Asian Shooting Confederation |language=en-US}} She was a gold medal at the 2024 ISSF World Cup Baku in 25 meter pistol.{{Cite web |date=7 May 2024 |title=Korea's Yang equals her 25m pistol women world record at ISSF World Cup Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun in Baku |url=https://issf-sports.org/news/4287 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=ISSF |language=en}} and she won gold medal at the 2024 Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships Jakarta In 25 metre pistol{{Cite web |date=11 January 2024 |title=World record for Korea's Yang Jiin in Asian Olympic qualifier as Sangwan earns historic Paris 2024 quota place for India |url=https://issf-sports.org/news/4154 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=ISSF |language=en}}
Biography
Her father was a boxer. She attended Korea National Sport University.{{Cite web |last=김 |first=영준 |date=2024-08-03 |title="어떻게든 되겠지" 돌부처 양지인, 슛오프 끝 사격 金 쐈다 |url=https://www.chosun.com/sports/sports_special/2024/08/03/RCLOPW3BSVF7LCLT6BA5I3LWVM/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=The Chosun Ilbo |language=ko}}
References
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External links
- {{ISSF|SHKORW2005200301}}
{{Olympic Champions Shooting SP}}
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Category:South Korean female sport shooters
Category:Olympic shooters for South Korea
Category:Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
Category:Olympic medalists in shooting
Category:Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Category:Asian Games medalists in shooting