Kateřina Emmons (also Emmonsová), née Kůrková (; born 17 November 1983) is a

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who won three Olympic medals. She competed in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, where she won a bronze medal, and the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, where she won her first gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle competition, as well as a silver medal in the

50 metre rifle three positions 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 p ...

event. In addition to her Olympic achievements, Emmons won gold at the

2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 48th ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economi ...

in the 10 metre air rifle competition, and a silver medal four years later in 2006.

Career

Emmons went to the

, where she won a bronze medal in the 10 metre air rifle competition and finished 27th in her second event, the 50 metre rifle three positions event. In Beijing in 2008, she won the first gold medal of the

ahead of 2004 champion and favourite for the competition,

Du Li Du Li (; born 5 March 1982 in Yiyuan, Zibo, Shandong) is a female Chinese sport shooter who was a gold medalist at the 2004 Olympics and the 2008 Olympics; she has also won titles at World Cup, World Championships and the Asian Games. Career ...

. Emmons equalled the world record and set a new Olympic Record in the qualifying round by achieving a maximum score of 400. She then proceeded to set a new Olympic Record in the final by scoring a total of 503.5 points. She won a silver medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions event at the same games. Emmons took part in her third Olympic Games in 2012, although did not win a medal, finishing fourth in the 10 metre air rifle competition. She placed 32nd in the 50 metre rifle three positions. In 2018 it was announced that Emmons had been appointed as a consultant shooting coach with the Czech

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

team.

Olympic results

Records

Personal life

Emmons is married to American Olympic rifle shooter

Matthew Emmons Matthew D. Emmons (born April 5, 1981) is an American rifle shooter. He competed in various events at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal. Career Emmons started out as a successful junior and has b ...

. They met at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens while she was commentating for

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, and married in

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on 30 June 2007. They both live and train in Plzeň. Her father currently coaches the Australian shooting team. Their daughter, Julie, was born in 2009. They have two more children together: Martin Henry and Emma.

References

External links

Kateřina Emmons on the 2008 Beijing Olympics website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emmons, Katerina 1983 births Living people ISSF rifle shooters Czech expatriate sportspeople in the United States Czech female sport shooters Olympic shooters of the Czech Republic Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic World record holders in shooting Sportspeople from Plzeň Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Czech sports coaches