Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American
double trap
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The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...
and
skeet
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* Skeet shooting, a discipline of competitive clay pigeon shooting
** ISSF Olympic skeet, a variant used at the Olympic Games
People
* Skeet Childress (born 1979), American guitar player in the band Look What I Did
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shooter
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.
A
California
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native, she is a six-time
Olympic
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Competitions
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medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most successful female shooter at the Olympics as the only triple Olympic Champion and the only woman to have won two Olympic gold medals for Double Trap. She won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the
2012 Summer Olympics, equaling the world record of 99 out of 100 clays. Most recently, she won the bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, making her the first Olympian to win a medal on five different continents, the first Summer Olympian to win an individual medal at six consecutive summer games, and the first woman to medal in six consecutive Olympics.
Early life
Kimberly Rhode was born in
Whittier, California
Whittier () is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities. The city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census, an increase of 1,975 from the 2010 census figure. Whittier was incorporated in ...
, in 1979. Rhode began
sport hunting
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at an early age, traveling on
Africa
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safaris by the age of 12. Rhode began competing in skeet at age 10.
International competition
Rhode, at 13, won her first world championship title in women's double trap shooting. After double trap shooting was eliminated from the 2008 Summer Olympics, she has concentrated on skeet. Rhode became a Distinguished International Shooter in 1995 (Badge #388).
In ISSF World Cup competition, she has won 19 Gold, 7 Silver, and 8 Bronze medals. At the 2007 World Cup competition in
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, she set a new world record in this event with 98 hits (73 in the qualification round and a perfect 25 in the final).
1996 Olympics
Rhode won a gold medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, making her the youngest female gold medalist in the history of Olympic shooting.
2000 Olympics
Rhode won a bronze medal at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
in
Sydney, Australia.
2004 Olympics
Rhode won a gold medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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in Women's Double trap.
2008 Olympics
Rhode won the silver medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics in women's skeet.
2012 Olympics
On July 29 at the
2012 Summer Olympics, Rhode won the gold medal in skeet shooting with an Olympic record score of 99, tying the world record in this event. With this medal, Rhode is the only American competitor to win medals for an individual event in five consecutive Olympics. She also became one of the three competitors (and the only woman) to win three Olympic individual gold medals for shooting, along with
Ralf Schumann
Ralf Schumann (born 10 June 1962) is a former German 25 m rapid fire pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice the World Champion. One of the most decorated shooters of the modern era, he is the first of two sport shooters to ...
of
Germany
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and
Jin Jong-oh
Jin Jong-oh (진종오; ; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. The only individual four-time Olympic champion in shooting, he is the most successful individua ...
of
Korea
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.
2016 Olympics
Qualifying for the
2016 Summer Olympics made Rhode the first U.S. Olympian to qualify for an Olympic team on five different continents. Kim Rhode won the bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, making her the first Olympian to win a medal on five different continents, the first Summer Olympian to win an individual medal at six consecutive summer games, and the first woman to medal in six consecutive Olympics.
TV Host
Rhode is co-host of the
Outdoor Channel
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's TV program ''Step Outside''.
Rhode studied
Pre-veterinary medicine at
Cal Poly Pomona
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.
Stolen competition shotgun
On September 11, 2008, Rhode's competition
shotgun was stolen from her pickup; she had been using it in competition for eighteen years.
The gun was returned to her in January 2009 after it was discovered during an unrelated search of a
parole
Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by certain behavioral conditions, including checking-in with their designated parole officers, or ...
e's home; the parolee was charged with possession of stolen property. In the meantime fans had donated to buy her a new $13,000
Perazzi
Perazzi is a manufacturer of precision shotguns from Brescia, Italy. The company sells hunting and sporting models of shotguns noted for their removable trigger groups, high quality, and high prices (US$7,500–$440,000). Its founder is Daniele Pe ...
shotgun. Having become used to training with the new gun, she elected to retire "Old Faithful" after four Summer Games.
Personal life
Rhode spoke at the
2012 Republican National Convention
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, introducing several other Olympians on the stage.
Rhode married Mike Harryman in 2009. Their son was born in 2013.
In addition to being a member of
USA Shooting
USA Shooting (USAS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of shooting in April 1995. The NRA had served as the NGB for one hundred years prio ...
's National Team, Rhode is an honorary lifetime member of the
National Rifle Association and a member of
Safari Club International
Safari Club International (SCI) is a US organization composed of hunters dedicated to protecting the freedom to hunt. SCI has more than 50,000 members and 180 local chapters. SCI members agree to abide by the organization's code of ethics, whi ...
.
Career results
References
External links
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USA Shooting
USA Shooting (USAS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of shooting in April 1995. The NRA had served as the NGB for one hundred years prio ...
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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona alumni
1979 births
Living people
American female sport shooters
United States Distinguished Marksman
Skeet shooters
Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2003 Pan American Games
Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2007 Pan American Games
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2011 Pan American Games
Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2015 Pan American Games
Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in shooting
Sportspeople from Whittier, California
Trap and double trap shooters
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
California Republicans
Pan American Games medalists in shooting
Shooters at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
21st-century American women