Kim Jong-su ( or ; born January 1, 1977) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

n sport shooting, sport shooter who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In Athens, he won the bronze medal in the Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol, 50 metre pistol competition, and finished eighth in the Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol, air pistol final. In Beijing, he won a silver medal in Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol, 50 metre pistol and a bronze medal in Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol, 10 metre air pistol, but was later disqualified for doping and stripped of both medals.

As a competitor at the 2008 Olympics

Kim competed in the Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol, 10 metre air pistol event during the 2008 Olympics on August 9, where he came third in the qualification round, with 584 points, and again third in the final round, with 683.0 points, initially earning a bronze medal. Three days later, he then competed in the Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol, 50 metre pistol event, where he scored 563 and 660.2 points for qualification and final rounds respectively, thus earning a silver medal.

Propranolol doping

On August 15, 2008, three days after Kim won his third Olympic medal, the International Olympic Committee announced that he had tested positive for the banned substance propranolol during a doping test. Propranolol is a beta blocker that is mainly used to treat hypertension, but also prevents trembling. Kim was List of stripped Olympic medals, stripped of his two medals from the 2008 Summer Olympics, making Kim the second athlete, and first medal winning athlete, to test positive for a banned substance at the 2008 Olympic Games. In the 10 metre air pistol, the bronze medal went to Jason Turner (sport shooter), Jason Turner of the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics, United States. In the 50 metre pistol, the silver medal went to Tan Zongliang of China at the 2008 Summer Olympics, China, and the bronze medal went to Vladimir Isakov of Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Russia.

Media response within North Korea

While media outside North Korea reported on Kim's disqualification, the Korean Central News Agency did not report on the incident.KCNA - DPRK Players Prove Successful at Olympiad
15 August 2008 On August 15, the day when Kim Jong-su officially had his medals revoked, the KCNA reported:

Kim Jong Su placed second in the men's 50 metre free pistol and third in the men's 10 meter air pistol.

No news reports since August 15 have mention of Kim's disqualification.

Performance timelines

50 metre pistol

25 metre center-fire pistol

25 metre standard pistol

10 metre air pistol

Kim has not appeared in the Olympics since 2008 and last appeared in competition in 2010 during the Asian Games.

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