Kang Gee-eun

Kang Gee-Eun
Personal information
Nationality  South Korea
Born (1990-10-15) 15 October 1990
Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Trap, double trap
Club Korea Telecom Shooting Team[1]
Coached by Song Nam-Jun[1]
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kang.

Kang Gee-Eun (also Gang Ji-Eun, Korean: 강 지은; born October 15, 1990 in Seoul) is a South Korean sport shooter.[1][2] She beat World Cup champion Yang Huan of China and two-time Olympian Yukie Nakayama of Japan for the gold medal in the women's trap at the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, accumulating a score of 93 clay pigeons.[3][4] Kang is also a member of Korea Telecom Shooting Team, and is coached and trained by Song Nam-Jun.[1]

Kang represented South Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's trap. Kang scored a total of 62 targets in the qualifying rounds by one point ahead of India's Shagun Chowdhary, finishing only in nineteenth place.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kang Gee-Eun". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. "Kang Gee-Eun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. "ISSF Profile – Kang Gee-Eun". ISSF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. Tripathi, Raajiv (21 January 2012). "Kumar clinches fifth gold for India in Asian shooting". Qatar Tribune. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. "Women's Trap Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

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