Ri Ho-jun, Date of Birth

    

Ri Ho-jun

Olympic sports shooter

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1946

Profession: sport shooter

Nationality: North Korea

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Ri Ho-jun

  • Ri Ho-jun (Korean: ???, born 1 December 1946) is a sports shooter and Olympic Champion for North Korea.
  • He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the country's first ever Olympic gold.
  • In August 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.
  • He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.Ri also taught shooting sports to North Korea's future leader, Kim Jong-il.
  • Ri later became his closest bodyguard.

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