Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A

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native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most successful female shooter at the Olympics as the only triple Olympic Champion and the only woman to have won two Olympic gold medals for Double Trap. She won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the

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, equaling the world record of 99 out of 100 clays. Most recently, she won the bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, making her the first Olympian to win a medal on five continents, the first Summer Olympian to win an individual medal at six consecutive summer games, and the first woman to medal in six consecutive Olympics.

Early life

Kimberly Rhode was born in

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, in 1979. Rhode began sport hunting at an early age, traveling on

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s by the age of 12. Rhode began competing in skeet at age 10.

International competition

Rhode, at 13, won her first world championship title in women's double trap shooting. After double trap shooting was eliminated from the 2008 Summer Olympics, she has concentrated on skeet. Rhode became a Distinguished International Shooter in 1995 (Badge #388). In ISSF World Cup competition, she has won 19 Gold, 7 Silver, and 8 Bronze medals. At the 2007 World Cup competition in

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, she set a new world record in this event with 98 hits (73 in the qualification round and a perfect 25 in the final).

1996 Olympics

Rhode won a gold medal at the

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, making her the youngest female gold medalist in the history of Olympic shooting.

2000 Olympics

Rhode won a bronze medal at the

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2004 Olympics

Rhode won a gold medal at the

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in Women's Double trap.

2008 Olympics

Rhode won the silver medal at the

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in women's skeet.

2012 Olympics

On July 29 at the

, Rhode won the gold medal in skeet shooting with an Olympic record score of 99, tying the world record in this event. With this medal, Rhode is the only American competitor to win medals for an individual event in five consecutive Olympics. She also became one of the three competitors (and the only woman) to win three Olympic individual gold medals for shooting, along with Ralf Schumann of

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and

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2016 Olympics

Qualifying for the

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made Rhode the first U.S. Olympian to qualify for an Olympic team on five different continents. Kim Rhode won the bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, making her the first Olympian to win a medal on five different continents, the first Summer Olympian to win an individual medal at six consecutive summer games, and the first woman to medal in six consecutive Olympics.

TV Host

Rhode is co-host of the

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's TV program ''Step Outside''. Rhode studied Pre-veterinary medicine at Cal Poly Pomona.

Stolen competition shotgun

On September 11, 2008, Rhode's competition

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was stolen from her pickup; she had been using it in competition for eighteen years. The gun was returned to her in January 2009 after it was discovered during an unrelated search of a

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e's home; the parolee was charged with possession of stolen property. In the meantime fans had donated to buy her a new $13,000 Perazzi shotgun. Having become used to training with the new gun, she elected to retire "Old Faithful" after four Summer Games.

Personal life

Rhode spoke at the

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, introducing several other Olympians on the stage. Rhode married Mike Harryman in 2009. Their son was born in 2013. In addition to being a member of USA Shooting's National Team, Rhode is an honorary lifetime member of the

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and a member of Safari Club International.

Awards

* ANOC Gala Awards 2015：Best Female Athlete of the Pan American Games 2015

Career results

References

External links

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