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Kang Gee-Eun
Personal information
Nationality South Korea
Born (1990-10-15) 15 October 1990 (age 34)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap, double trap
ClubKorea Telecom Shooting Team[1]
Coached bySong Nam-Jun[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  South Korea
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Doha Trap
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kuwait City Trap team
Asian Shotgun Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Astana Mixed trap team

Kang Gee-Eun (also Gang Ji-Eun, Korean: 강 지은; born October 15, 1990, in Seoul) is a South Korean sport shooter.[1][2] She beat World Cup champion Yang Huan of China and two-time Olympian Yukie Nakayama of Japan for the gold medal in the women's trap at the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, accumulating a score of 93 clay pigeons.[3][4] Kang is also a member of Korea Telecom Shooting Team, and is coached and trained by Song Nam-Jun.[1]

Kang represented South Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's trap. Kang scored a total of 62 targets in the qualifying rounds by one point ahead of India's Shagun Chowdhary, finishing only in nineteenth place.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Kang Gee-Eun". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kang Gee-Eun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. ^ "ISSF Profile – Kang Gee-Eun". ISSF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. ^ Tripathi, Raajiv (21 January 2012). "Kumar clinches fifth gold for India in Asian shooting". Qatar Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's Trap Qualification". London 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.