Kim Jong-su

Kim Jong-su

Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  North Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze	2004 Athens	50 m pistol
Disqualified	2008 Beijing[1]	10 m air pistol
Disqualified	2008 Beijing[1]	50 m pistol
Asian Games
Gold	1998 Bangkok	50 m pistol team
Silver	2006 Doha	10 m air pistol
Silver	2006 Doha	50 m pistol team
Silver	2010 Guangzhou	25 m standard pistol
Bronze	1998 Bangkok	50 m pistol
Bronze	2002 Busan	50 m pistol team
Bronze	2002 Busan	50 m pistol
Bronze	2006 Doha	50 m pistol
Bronze	2010 Guangzhou	25 m standard pistol team
Bronze	2010 Guangzhou	25 m center fire pistol team

Kim Jong-su (born January 1, 1977)^[2] is a North Korean sport shooter who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In Athens, he won the bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol competition, and finished eighth in the air pistol final. In Beijing, he won a silver medal in 50 metre pistol and a bronze medal in 10 metre air pistol, but was later disqualified for doping and stripped of both medals.

As a competitor at the 2008 Olympics

Kim competed in the 10 metre air pistol event during the 2008 Olympics on the August 9, where he came third in the qualification round, with 584 points, and again came third in the final round, with 683.0 points, initially earning a bronze medal. Three days later, he then competed in the 50 metre pistol event, where he scored 563 and 660.2 points for qualification and final rounds respectively, thus earning a silver medal.

Propranolol doping

On August 15, 2008, three days after Kim won his third Olympic medal, the International Olympic Committee announced that he had tested positive for the banned substance propranolol during a doping test. Propranolol is a beta blocker that is mainly used to treat hypertension, but also prevents trembling. Kim was stripped of his two medals from the 2008 Summer Olympics, making Kim the second athlete, and first medal winning athlete, to test positive for a banned substance at the 2008 Olympic Games. In the 10 metre air pistol, the bronze medal went to Jason Turner of the United States. In the 50 metre pistol, the silver medal went to Tan Zongliang of China, and the bronze medal went to Vladimir Isakov of Russia.^[3][4]

Media response within North Korea

While media outside North Korea reported on Kim's disqualification, the Korean Central News Agency did not report on the incident.^[5] On August 15, the day when Kim Jong Su officially had his medals revoked, the KCNA reported:

Kim Jong Su placed second in the men's 50 metre free pistol and third in the men's 10 meter air pistol.

No news reports since August 15 have mention of Kim's disqualification.

Performance timelines

50 metre pistol

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Olympic Games	03 ! Bronze 564+93.7	Not held			DQ
World Championships	Not held		5th 565+95.2	Not held
Asian Games/Championships		Not held		14th 547	Not held
World Cup 1		—	6th 565+91.1	—	—
World Cup 2		—	—	—	5th 564+98.1
World Cup 3		26th 556	—	19th 556	—
World Cup 4		—	—	—	—
World Cup Final		NQ	NQ	NQ	NQ

25 metre center-fire pistol

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
World Championships	Not held		32nd 575	Not held
Asian Games/Championships		Not held		03 ! Bronze 582	Not held

25 metre standard pistol

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
World Championships	Not held		02 ! Silver 575	Not held
Asian Games/Championships		Not held		02 ! Silver 570	Not held

10 metre air pistol

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Olympic Games	8th 582+99.2	Not held			DQ
World Championships	Not held		14th 580	Not held
Asian Games/Championships		—		03 ! Bronze 580+100.2	—
World Cup 1		—	02 ! Silver 585+99.5	—
World Cup 2		—	—	—	03 ! Bronze 583+99.0
World Cup 3		10th 584	—	13th 582	—
World Cup 4		—	—	—	—
World Cup Final		NQ	NQ	NQ	NQ

References