Ri Hyon-ok (Korean: 리현옥; born January 13, 1970, in Pyongyang) is a North Korean sport shooter.[1] She won a bronze medal in skeet shooting at the 2007 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City, Kuwait, and finished seventh at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
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| Full name | Ri Hyon-ok | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  North Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 January 1970 Pyongyang, North Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Skeet (SK75) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Korean name | |||||||||||||||
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 리현옥 | ||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | I Hyeonok | ||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Hyŏnok | ||||||||||||||
Ri qualified as the only female athlete for the North Korean shooting squad in the women's skeet at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by having registered a minimum qualifying score of 66 and obtaining a top four finish from the Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] Ri aggregated a total record of 68 out of 75 targets in the qualifying stage, but fell abruptly in a two-way shoot-off against U.S. shooter Kimberly Rhode by 2 to 1, leaving her in seventh out of twelve prospective shooters.[4]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ri Hyon-ok". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "ISSF Profile – Ri Hyon-ok". ISSF. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Women's Skeet Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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