 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,[1] the country's first ever Olympic gold medal.[2] In August 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.[3] He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]
Ri also taught shooting sports to North Korea's future leader, Kim Jong-il. Ri later became his closest bodyguard.[2]
- ^ 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.