Ri Ho-jun
Ri Ho-jun at the 1972 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1946-12-01) 1 December 1946 (age 77)
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSports shooting
Medal record
Representing  North Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich 50 m rifle prone
Ri Ho-jun
Chosŏn'gŭl
리호준
Revised RomanizationI Hojun
McCune–ReischauerRi 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Li Ho-Jun". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. pp. 122–124.

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Olympic champions in men's 50 metre rifle prone
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