Kang Gee-eun explained

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Kang Gee-Eun
Birth Date:15 October 1990
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Weight:550NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:Trap, double trap
Club:Korea Telecom Shooting Team
Coach:Song Nam-Jun
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Kang Gee-Eun (also Gang Ji-Eun, Korean: 강 지은; born October 15, 1990, in Seoul) is a South Korean sport shooter.[1] [2] She beat World Cup champion Yang Huan of China and two-time Olympian Yukie Nakayama of Japan for the gold medal in the women's trap at the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, accumulating a score of 93 clay pigeons.[3] [4] Kang is also a member of Korea Telecom Shooting Team, and is coached and trained by Song Nam-Jun.[1]

Kang represented South Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's trap. Kang scored a total of 62 targets in the qualifying rounds by one point ahead of India's Shagun Chowdhary, finishing only in nineteenth place.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kang Gee-Eun. London 2012. 10 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130530174122/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kang-geeeun-1098746/. 30 May 2013.
  2. Kang Gee-Eun. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234501/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gang-ji-eun-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 10 February 2013.
  3. Web site: ISSF Profile – Kang Gee-Eun. ISSF. 10 February 2013.
  4. News: Tripathi. Raajiv. Kumar clinches fifth gold for India in Asian shooting. Qatar Tribune. 21 January 2012. 10 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130411171423/http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20120121/content.asp?section=sports1_1. 11 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Women's Trap Qualification. London 2012. 10 February 2013. 11 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130111034746/www.london2012.com/shooting/event/women-trap/phase=shw401900/index.html. dead.