Park Bong-Duk (also Pak Bong-Deok, ; born September 23, 1973) is a South Korean sport shooter. He won two bronze medals in the men's 50 m rifle three positions at the

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, and at the

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, South Korea, with scores of 1,247 and 1,256.8 points, respectively. He also competed for two rifle shooting events (prone and three positions) at the

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, but he neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal. He was born in

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, South Korea. Four years after competing in his first Olympics, Park qualified for his second South Korean team, as a 35-year-old, at the

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, by placing third for the 50 m rifle prone ( FR60PR) from the 2007 Asian Shooting Championships in

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. Park also received additional places for the 10 m air rifle (

AR40 10 meter air rifle is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of using a calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of . It is one of the ISSF sports governed in shooting spor ...

) and 50 m rifle 3 positions (

STR3X20 50 meter rifle three positions (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 meter rifle three positions. It consists of the kneeling, prone, and standing ...

); therefore, he competed for all rifle shooting events. In his first event,

10 m air rifle 10 meter air rifle is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of using a calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of . It is one of the ISSF sports governed in shooting spor ...

, Park was able to hit a total of 593 points within six attempts, finishing sixteenth in the qualifying rounds. Few days later, he placed forty-third in the 50 m rifle prone, by one target ahead of Canada's Johannes Sauer from the fifth attempt, with a total score of 587 points. In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Park was able to shoot 398 targets in a prone position, 373 in standing, and 388 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,159 points, finishing only in thirty-first place.

Olympic results

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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