Shooting

Kim Rhode

Olympian 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016

  • 3

    GOLD

  • 1

    SILVER

  • 2

    BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'4"

Age

45

Hometown

El Monte, CA

Education

Arroyo High School (El Monte, Calif.) '97 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, Food marketing and Agribusiness Management

Personal
Daughter of Richard and Sharon Rhode; Her father, Richard, is her coach...Married to Mike Harryman...Has one son, Carter, with whom she was pregnant while competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games...Began shooting at age 10...Won the world championships at age 13 in skeet...Became the first American individual athlete to win a medal in five consecutive Olympic Games in 2012...Has a rich family history; her father’s side has relatives who fought in the infamous battle, Custer’s last stand, and her mother’s side had relations to Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code...Member of Safari Club International and an honorary lifetime member of the NRA...Hobbies include collecting and restoring antique cars and first-edition children’s books.
Olympic Experience
  • Six-time Olympian (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016); Six-time Olympic medalist (3 golds, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
  • Rio 2016, bronze (skeet)
  • London 2012, gold (skeet), 9th (trap)
  • Beijing 2008, silver (silver)
  • Athens 2004, gold (double trap), 5th (skeet)
  • Sydney 2000, bronze (double trap), 7th (skeet)
  • Atlanta 1996, gold (double trap)
  • In 2012, became the first American athlete, male or female, to win an Olympic medal at five consecutive Games in an individual sport
  • Only woman to win three individual Olympic gold medals in shooting (as of 2012)
  • First Olympic shooter, male or female, to compete in all three shotgun events – trap, double trap and skeet
  • In 2016, became the first American to qualify for the Olympic Games in five different continents
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2019 – gold (skeet team)
  • Years of Participation: 1995, 1997-99, 2001-03, 2007, 2009-11, 2014-15, 2017-19
  • Medals: 5 (2 gold, 2 silvers, 1 bronze)
  • Gold – 2019 (skeet team), 2010 (skeet)
  • Silver – 1998 (double trap), 2018 (skeet)
  • Bronze – 2011 (skeet)
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