Lee Seung-yun ( ko, 이승윤; ; born 18 April 1995) is a South Korean archer. After winning medals at the World Youth Championships, he was first selected for the

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n archery team in 2013, in which year he won team and individual medals at the

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, finishing 4th in the World Cup Final in

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, and reached the final of the

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where he defeated teammate and

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Oh Jin-hyek Oh Jin-hyek ( ko, 오진혁; , Hanja: 吳真爀; born 15 August 1981) is a South Korean archer. Oh first competed for the Korean national team in 1999, but did not win a major individual international tournament un ...

. He reached a career high

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of 5 in 2013, and in 2016 he ranked 8th. Lee, in his first international season, never finished out of the top eight in competition. As well as his world title, he qualified for the World Cup Final courtesy of an individual gold medal at the fourth World Cup stage of the year in Wroclaw. During the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won gold as part of the South Korean team, and qualified for the men's individual round.

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* * South Korean male archers Living people 1995 births Asian Games medalists in archery Archers at the 2014 Asian Games World Archery Championships medalists Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for South Korea Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Universiade medalists in archery FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea South Korean Buddhists Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Incheon 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-archery-bio-stub