Lee Woo-seok (Korean: 이우석; born August 7, 1997) is a South Korean archer who competes in men's recurve events. He competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France and won the bronze medal in men's individual archery[1] and the gold medal in the men's team archery event.[2]

Lee Woo-seok
Personal information
Born (1997-08-07) August 7, 1997 (age 27)
Incheon, South Korea
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 's-Hertogenbosch Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Berlin Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 's-Hertogenbosch Team
World Cup Final
Silver medal – second place 2018 Samsun Individual
Silver medal – second place 2023 Hermosillo Individual
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tlaxcala Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Individual
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Individual
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Individual
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Dhaka Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bangkok Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bangkok Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dhaka Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bangkok Individual
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples Individual
Military World Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan Team
Lee Woo-seok
Hangul
이우석
Revised RomanizationI Useok
McCune–ReischauerRi Usŏk

Lee competed in the 2019 World Archery Championships held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands where he won the bronze medal in the men's recurve team event and the gold medal in the mixed team event.[3] He also competed in the 2023 World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Germany and where he won the gold medal in the men's recurve event.[4]

Previously, he won the gold medal in the men's individual event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.[5] At the time, he stated that his ambition was to become an Olympic champion.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Korean archer Lee Wooseok wins bronze in men's individual | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Korea.net". Korea.net. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  3. ^ "2019 World Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "2023 World Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 10, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "Olympic Games Medals, Results, Sports, Athletes-Médailles, Résultats, Sports et Athlètes des Jeux Olympiques". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  6. ^ "Athlete's biography - the Second Summer Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014". Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
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