Kim Rhode

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Olympic medal record
Women's Shooting
Competitor for the  United States
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Double Trap
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Double Trap
Gold	2004 Athens	Double Trap

Kimberly Susan ("Kim") Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a two-time Olympic gold medal winner and six-time national champion in double trap. She was the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Most recently she won a gold medal in double trap shooting at the 2004 Summer Games.

Born in Whittier, California, Rhode began sport hunting at an early age, traveling on African safaris by the age of 12. At 13, she won her first world championship title in women's double trap shooting. Rhode won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Games, making her the youngest female gold medalist in the history of Olympic shooting. She later won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Rhode also won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

After double trap shooting was eliminated from the Olympic games, she has concentrated on skeet. At the 2007 world cup competitions in Santo Domingo, she set a new final world record in this event with 98 hits (73 in the qualification round and a perfect 25 in the final).

Rhode is currently studying to become a veterinarian at Cal Poly Pomona university.

[edit] External links

• Kim Rhode's U.S. Olympic Team bio
• Olympic profile
• Athlete biography, from NBC

Olympic medalists in shooting | Olympic Champions in women's Double Trap (discontinued event, 1996-2004)

Kim Rhode (twice) | Pia Hansen