Ri Hyon-ok (sport shooter)

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]

Ri Hyon-ok
Personal information
Full nameRi Hyon-ok
Nationality North Korea
Born (1970-01-13) 13 January 1970
Pyongyang, North Korea
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Skeet (SK75)
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  North Korea
Asian Championships
2007 Kuwait City SK75
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
리현옥
Revised RomanizationI Hyeonok
McCune–ReischauerRi Hyŏnok
In this Korean name, the family name is Ri.

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
  1. 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.
  2. "ISSF Profile – Ri Hyon-ok". ISSF. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  3. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. "Shooting: Women's Skeet Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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