- Kim Rhode
Kimberly "Kim" Susan Rhode (born
July 16 ,1979 cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=777/bio/ |title=2008 Beijing Summer Olympics | Kimberly Rhode Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos | NBC Olympics |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-09-16] ) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. ACalifornia native, she is a two-time Olympic gold medal winner and six-time national champion in double trap. She was the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team at the1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Most recently she won a silver medal in skeet shooting at the 2008 Summer Games.Born in Whittier, California, Rhode began sport hunting at an early age, traveling on
Africa nsafari s by the age of 12. At 13, she won her first world championship title in women's double trap shooting. Rhode won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Games, making her the youngest female gold medalist in the history of Olympic shooting. She later won a bronze medal at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, Australia . Rhode also won a gold medal at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens .After double trap shooting was eliminated from the Olympic games, she has concentrated on skeet. At the 2007 world cup competitions in
Santo Domingo , she set a new final world record in this event with 98 hits (73 in the qualification round and a perfect 25 in the final). She went on to win the silver medal at the2008 Summer Olympics in women's skeet.Rhode is co-host of the Outdoor Channel's TV program "
Step Outside ".cite web |url=http://www.stepoutside.org/press/index.cfm?PR=071107_SOTV.cfm&PRloc=/common/PR/ |title=StepOutside |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-09-16] Rhode studiedveterinary medicine atCal Poly Pomona university.cite web |url=http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news.asp?id=2119 |title=PolyCentric - Cal Poly Pomona |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-09-16]On September 13, 2008, Rhode's competition
shotgun was stolen from her pickup.cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-olympian13-2008sep13,0,6552651.story |title=Olympic champion Kim Rhode's shotgun is stolen - Los Angeles Times |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-09-16]References
External links
* [http://www.usoc.org/26_22113.htm Kim Rhode's U.S. Olympic Team bio]
* [http://www.outdoorchannel.com/KimRhode.aspx The Kim Rhode Story]
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RHODEKIM01 dataOlympics profile]
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