Ryu Myong-yon
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 North Korea |
| Born | 9 January 1970 |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) |
10 m air pistol (AP60) 50 m pistol (FP) |
| Ryu Myong-yon | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 류명연 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Yu Myeongyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ryu Myŏngyŏn |
Ryu Myong-yon (Korean: 류명연; born January 9, 1970) is a North Korean sport shooter.[1] Ryu made his official debut for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he placed twenty-sixth in the 10 m air pistol, and twenty-eighth in the 50 m pistol, accumulating scores of 574 and 550 points, respectively.[2]
Sixteen years after competing in his last Olympics, Ryu qualified for his second North Korean team, as a 38-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place from the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.[2] He finished only in twenty-seventh place in the preliminary rounds of the men's 50 m pistol, by four points behind South Korea's Lee Dae-Myung from the fifth attempt, for a total score of 551 targets.[3]
References
- ↑ "Ryu Myong-Yon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- 1 2 "ISSF Profile – Ryu Myong-Yon". ISSF. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 January 2013.