Kim Yeji

About

South Korean sports shooter and athlete who achieved viral fame during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she won the silver medal in the women's ten meter air pistol event. Her unique style of shooting has invited comparisons to action film heroes and anime characters.

Before Fame

Before making waves at the Olympics, she competed at the 2024 Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Trivia

After going viral, she was featured in numerous major media outlets such as NBC News, NPR, and GQ. In a mid-2024 article published by The Washington Post, she said that all the fame she'd gotten in the Olympics had "hurt her head."

Family Life

During her competitions, she has been seen carrying her daughter's stuffed elephant as a good luck charm.

Associated With

She has been compared to Keanu Reeves in The Matrix and Matt Damon in the Bourne films.