Kim Woo-jin captured the men’s individual archery title Sunday for his third gold medal of the Paris Olympics, giving South Korea a clean sweep of archery gold medals in the process.
Kim defeated Brady Ellison of the United States in a shoot-off in the final at Invalides in Paris and became the second triple gold medalist for South Korea at the ongoing Olympics, joining fellow archer Lim Si-hyeon.
Kim previously won the men’s team and mixed team gold medals in Paris, while Lim also went 3-for-3 in the women’s individual, women’s team and mixed team events.
With five career gold medals, Kim also 한국을 became the most decorated South Korean Olympian, breaking a tie with three others.
He is the third South Korean man to win an Olympic individual title, joining Oh Jin-hyek in 2012 and Gu Bon-chan in 2016.
“I am so pleased to have made history,” Kim said. “I didn’t have any individual medal before this. I am really happy that I’ve finished this puzzle.”
In individual archery matches, each archer takes three arrows per set, and the one with the higher score earns two points for a set win. A tie is worth one point. The objective is to score six points first. If a match is tied after five sets, archers go to a single-arrow shoot-off.