Jung Jeehae
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| National team | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 26, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jung Jeehae (born 26 April 1989) is a South Korean sports shooter who became the World Champion at the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the 10m Air Pistol event.
Career
[edit]Jung's first international selection came in 2007, when she represented South Korea at the Asian Championships as a junior, competing in the 10m Air Pistol and 25m Pistol events.[1]
In 2010 she was selected for the Sydney World Cup, where she finished fifth in the 10m Air Pistol.[citation needed]
In 2014, she won silver at the Asian Games in Incheon.[2][3][4]
In September 2014, she became World Champion at the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Granada, beating 2004 Olympic Champion Olena Kostevych in a surprise upset.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "ISSF Athlete Profile". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Asian Games 2014 Day 1: Hosts South Korea Set Medal Pace". NDTV Sports. Agence France-Presse. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "17th Asian Games: Shooter Shweta Chaudhry wins bronze in 10m Air Pistol". The Economic Times. Incheon: Bennett, Coleman & Co. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "ASIAN GAMES: Taiwan pistol team claims silver medal". Taipei Times. 21 September 2014. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Paul Osborne (12 September 2014). "South Korean takes surprise gold at Shooting World Championships". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media Company. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Republic of Korea's Jung beat 2004 Olympic Champion Kostevych to win Air Pistol Women title". International Shooting Sport Federation. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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