- Kateřina Emmons
Kateřina Emmons (born November 17, 1983 in
Pilsen ; née Kůrková) is a female Czech sport shooter who competed in the2004 Summer Olympics , where she won a bronze medal, and the2008 Summer Olympics , where she won her first gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle competition, and the very first gold medal of that particular games. [cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/shooting/n214520180.shtml|title=Flash: Emmons wins first gold of the Olympic Games|publisher=Beijing 2008|accessdate=2008-08-09|date=2008-08-09]On her way to the gold medal, Emmons equalled the qualifying round world record and set a new Olympic record by achieving a maximum score of 400. She then proceeded to set a new Olympic record in the final by totalling 503.5.
Olympic results
Records
Personal life
Emmons is married to American Olympic rifle shooter
Matthew Emmons . [ [http://www.esc-shooting.org/ European Shooting Page] ] . They met at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and married inPilsen on June 30, 2007. They both live and train at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center.References
External links
[http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/205338.shtml Kateřina Emmons on the IOC website]
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