[2][failed verification] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he set a world record in men's individual recurve archery as well as won the gold medal as a member of the South Korean men's archery team.

[5] In 2015, Kim was again selected for the Korean national team and became the first man since 1985 to win the World Archery Championships twice.

[8] However, in a major upset, Kim lost 2–6 in the second round in the individual category to Indonesia's Riau Ega Agatha.

In addition, Kim secured a gold medal in the men's team archery event, making him one of only two athletes, along with Kim Soo-nyung, to achieve three consecutive team gold medals in archery at the Olympics.

[4][11][12] His gold completed South Korea's clean sweep of archery at that Olympics.