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Kim Rhode, Olympic Gold Medal shooter and co-host of the Outdoor Channel's TV program Step Outside at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo 2007.
Olympic medal record
Women's Shooting
Representing the  United States
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Double Trap
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Double Trap
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Skeet
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Double Trap

Kimberly "Kim" Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979[1]) 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 silver medal in skeet shooting at the 2008 Summer Games.

Born in Whittier, California,[1] 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). She went on to win the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's skeet.

Rhode is co-host of the Outdoor Channel's TV program Step Outside.[2] Rhode studied veterinary medicine at Cal Poly Pomona university.[3]

On September 11, 2008, Rhode's competition shotgun was stolen from her pickup; she had been using it in competition for eighteen years.[4] The gun was returned to her in January 2009 after it was discovered during an unrelated search of a parolee's home; the parolee was charged with possession of stolen property[5].

Olympic results
Event 1996 2000 2004 2008
Double trap 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
108+33 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
103+36 		1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
110+36 		Not held
Skeet Not held 7th
69 		5th
68+23 		2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
70+23

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Beijing Summer Olympics". Retrieved 2008-09-16. {{cite web}}: Text "Kimberly Rhode Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos" ignored (help); Text "NBC Olympics" ignored (help)
  2. ^ "StepOutside". Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  3. ^ "PolyCentric - Cal Poly Pomona". Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  4. ^ "Olympic champion Kim Rhode's shotgun is stolen - Los Angeles Times". Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  5. ^ Police find Olympian Kim Rhode's shotgun ESPN, January 29, 2009
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