Shin Jea-hwan (; born March 3, 1998) is a South Korean

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. He is the 2020 Summer Olympic champion on

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. He is a two-time

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champion on vault ( 2020 Melbourne, 2020 Baku).

Personal life

Shin was born on March 3, 1998, in

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. He attended the

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and graduated in 2020. Shin relocated to

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in 2021. He looks up to teammate

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Career

Shin made his senior international debut at the 2019 Zhaoqing World Cup, where he won silver on vault and finished fourth on floor. Shin competed on vault and floor at several events on the 2020 World Cup circuit and won two golds on vault. After points were re-allocated to eligible gymnasts following the 2019 World Championships, he was leading the series to

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for the

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when the

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curtailed the 2020 series. In 2021, the

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decided at the last minute to hold the final event in the qualification process, the 2021 Doha World Cup; Shin chose to attend to preserve his series lead over Japanese gymnast Hidenobu Yonekura. Despite placing fifth to Yonekura's first in Doha, Shin was able to win the overall series on a tiebreaker and qualify as an individual for the Olympic Games in

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. At

held in

, he qualified for vault final in first place winning the tiebreak against

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with both men scoring 14.866, but he ranked ahead due to his higher individual vault score (15.100 vs 15.000). In the vault final, he won the gold after ranking ahead in the tiebreak once more, this time against

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of ROC. Both men scored 14.783, but he won yet again due to having his higher individual vault score (14.833 vs 14.800). This is

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's second gold medal on the vault apparatus after

won it at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shin, Jea-hwan 1998 births Living people South Korean male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts from Seoul Olympic gymnasts for South Korea Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Korea National Sport University alumni Gymnasts at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean sportsmen