Ri Ho-jun | |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1946 |
Height: | 176 cm |
Weight: | 75 kg |
Sport: | Sports shooting |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Hangul: | 리호준 |
Rr: | I Hojun |
Mr: | Ri Hojun |
Context: | north |
Ri Ho-jun (born 1 December 1946) was a North Korean sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,[1] the country's first ever Olympic gold medal.[2] In August 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.[3] He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]
Ri also taught shooting sports to North Korea's future leader, Kim Jong-il. Ri later became his closest bodyguard.[2]