# 1 – Im Dong-Hyun
Sport – Archery
Im Dong-Hyun – Legally Blind, World Record breaking Archer
Dong-Hyun, the South Korean Archer has a vision of 20/200 in his left eye and 20/100 in his right, meaning that he is legally blind. Despite having such a faulty vision in a sport where vision is very vital, Dong-Hyun has always been a master at his art.
In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Dong-Hyun won gold in the team event. Later in 2006, at the Asian Games, he won gold in both the individual as well as the team events. In 2008, he once again won gold in the team event at Beijing.
At the very first day of the 2012 London Olympics, Dong-Hyun broke the world record, scoring 699 points at the ranking round in Lord’s. Along with his team mates, he narrowly missed gold, settling for a bronze in the team event.
Dong-Hyun is still in contention for the singles gold which has eluded him for so long. Let us hope that he does that and provides us all a worthy fairytale.
