Kim Cheong-yong

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Cheong-yong (Korean: 김 청용; born January 1, 1997, in Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean sport shooter.^[1] 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.^[2] Kim is a member of the shooting club at Heung-deok High School in Uiwang under his personal coach Kim Seun-il.^[1][3]

Kim Cheong-yong

Personal information
Full name	Kim Cheong-yong
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 28) Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10 m air pistol (AP60) 50 m pistol (FP)
Club	Heung-deok High School[1]
Coached by	Kim Seun-il[1]
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  South Korea World Championships 2014 Granada 10 m air pistol team 2023 Baku 50 m pistol team Asian Games 2014 Incheon 10 m air pistol Asian Championships 2015 Kuwait City 10 m air pistol team Summer Youth Olympics 2014 Nanjing 10 m air pistol

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.^[2][4][5]

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.^[3][6][7]