Ri Ho-jun at the 1972 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 December 1946 | |||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Sports shooting | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| Ri Ho-jun | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 리호준 |
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| Revised Romanization | I Hojun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Hojun |
Ri Ho-jun (Korean: 리호준, born 1 December 1946) was a North Korean sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the country's first ever Olympic gold medal. In August 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Ri also taught shooting sports to North Korea's future leader, Kim Jong-il. Ri later became his closest bodyguard.
References
- ^ a b "Li Ho-Jun". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ^ a b Fischer, Paul (2016). A Kim Jong-Il Production: Kidnap, Torture, Murder... Making Movies North Korean-Style. London: Penguin Books. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-241-97000-3.
- ^ Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. pp. 122–124.
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