Lee Eun-chul (; born January 3, 1967) is a South Korean rifle shooter who was the first Korean to compete at five Olympic Games (1984 to 2000). He reached the 1992 and 1996 Olympic finals in

50 metre rifle prone 50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle. The time limit is ...

, the first time advancing from 8th position to winning the gold medal. He also won two golds at the World Championships, four golds at the Asian Championships, and five golds at the Asian Games. He turned down offers of undergraduate study at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

and

West Point The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known Metonymy, metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academies, United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a f ...

and chose to study computer science at

Texas Lutheran University Texas Lutheran University (TLU) is a private Evangelical Lutheran Church in America university in Seguin, Texas. History The university traces its roots back to 1891, to an academy of the first German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Texas, in Br ...

so that he would be better able to balance the demands of his sport with getting an education. He is now a successful businessman in the high tech industry.

References

* * 1967 births Living people South Korean male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1986 Asian Games Shooters at the 1990 Asian Games Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-sportshooting-bio-stub