Im Dong-Hyun

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Im.
Medal record
Men's archery
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens Team
World Championships
Gold 2007 Leipzig Individual
Asian Games
Gold 2006 Doha Individual
Gold 2006 Doha Team
Im Dong-Hyun
Hangul 임동현
Hanja 林東賢
Revised Romanization Im Dong-hyeon
McCune-Reischauer Im Tonghyŏn

Im Dong-Hyun (born May 12, 1986) is a South Korean archer. He competes for the Korean national team.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Im set a world record in the 72 arrow men's individual ranking round, with a score of 687. He then won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Im faced Hiroshi Yamamoto of Japan, losing to the eventual silver medalist 111-110 in the 12-arrow match. Im placed 6th overall.

Im was also a member of Korea's gold medal men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In 2006 he competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won two gold medals in the individual and South Korean team.

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