| Medal record | ||
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Kateřina Emmons |
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| Women's shooting | ||
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | 10 m air rifle |
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | 50 m rifle 3 pos |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | 10 m air rifle |
Kateřina Emmons, née Kůrková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkatɛr̝ɪna ˈkuːrkovaː]) (born 17 November 1983 in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia) is a female Czech sport shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won her first gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle competition, and the very first gold medal of that particular games.[1]
On her way to the gold medal, Emmons equalled the qualifying round world record and set a new Olympic record by achieving a maximum score of 400. She then proceeded to set a new Olympic record in the final by totalling 503.5.
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| Event | 2004 | 2008 |
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| 50 metre rifle three positions | 27th 565 |
Silver 586+101.7 |
| 10 metre air rifle | Bronze 398+103.1 |
Gold 400+103.5 |
Emmons is married to American Olympic rifle shooter Matthew Emmons.[2] They met at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and married in Pilsen on June 30, 2007. They both live and train at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center. Her father currently coaches the Australian shooting team,
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