Watch your back, John Wick.
It seems the 2024 Paris Olympics now has a main character, and it’s Kim Yeji — a 31-year-old South Korean sharpshooter who exudes the nonchalant “aura” of a cyberpunk assassin.
The first-time Olympian won the silver medal at the women’s 10-meter air pistol event on Sunday, but it was a clip from her previous appearance at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in May that has made her social media’s latest obsession.
In a clip making the rounds on social media, Kim is decked out in a backward baseball cap and an IDGAF attitude as she casually shoots the target with her free hand tucked into her pocket. She then flips up a single lens of her futuristic-looking shooting glasses to check her score, barely flinching when it’s announced she just broke the world record in the 25-meter air pistol event.
To make the situation even more badass, when Kim was asked by reporters after the event if she thinks she can improve anything in her shooting, she reportedly responded with: “There is nothing to improve.”
Naturally, many on the internet were instantly enamored.
Unfortunately, not much is known about Kim other than the few crumbs of vague information in her brief profile on the Olympics website. According to the site, her hobby is “Watching movies,” and she picked up the sport in middle school because “she was curious about shooting.”
Her profile also reveals that she has one daughter, leading many online to claim that a small plush elephant doll she wore hooked to her waist during the women’s 10-meter air pistol finals Sunday was a gift from her kid.
Despite her tough exterior, Kim was nothing but smiles when she stood with her South Korean teammate Oh Ye Jin, who won the gold medal in Sunday’s event. Kim also made it clear to The Associated Press after winning the silver medal Sunday that she has no beef with Oh for beating her in the event.
“I do not view her as my rival. This is a big stage, the Olympics, and we won the gold and silver. When we won these medals, we were so proud we are Koreans. I thought it did not matter who won the gold,” Kim told AP.
Kim’s next event is Friday, when she will compete in the 25-meter pistol precision qualifier.