Kateřina Emmons

Kateřina Emmons (also Emmonsová), née Kůrková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkatɛr̝ɪna ˈkuːrkovaː]; born 17 November 1983) is a Czech sport shooter who won three Olympic medals. She 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,[1] as well as a silver medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions event.

Kateřina Emmons
Emmons in 2008
Personal information
Nationality Czech Republic
Born (1983-11-17) 17 November 1983
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)AR40, STR3X20
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Championships 1 1 -
European Championships 2 1 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing AR40
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing STR3X20
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens AR40
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2002AR40
Silver medal – second place2006AR40
ISSF World Cup Final
Bronze medal – third place2004AR40
Bronze medal – third place2007AR40
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2004AR40
Gold medal – first place2007AR40
Silver medal – second place2008AR40
Bronze medal – third place2006AR40

In addition to her Olympic achievements, Emmons won gold at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the 10 metre air rifle competition, and a silver medal four years later in 2006.

Career

Emmons went to the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the 10 metre air rifle competition and finished 27th in her second event, the 50 metre rifle three positions event. In Beijing in 2008, she won the first gold medal of the 2008 Summer Olympics ahead of 2004 champion and favourite for the competition, Du Li. Emmons equalled the world record and set a new Olympic Record in the qualifying round by achieving a maximum score of 400. She then proceeded to set a new Olympic Record in the final by scoring a total of 503.5 points.[2] She won a silver medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions event at the same games.

Emmons took part in her third Olympic Games in 2012, although did not win a medal, finishing fourth in the 10 metre air rifle competition. She placed 32nd in the 50 metre rifle three positions.

In 2018 it was announced that Emmons had been appointed as a consultant shooting coach with the Czech biathlon team.[3]

Olympic results
Event 2004 2008 2012
50 metre rifle three positions 27th
565		 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
586+101.7		 32nd
576
10 metre air rifle 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
398+103.1		 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
400+103.5		 4th
397+103.3

Records
Current world records held in 10 metre air rifle
Women Qualification 400  Seo Sun-hwa (KOR)
 Gao Jing (CHN)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Du Li (CHN)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Suma Shirur (IND)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Monika Haselsberger (AUT)
 Barbara Lechner (GER)
 Zhao Yinghui (CHN)
 Wu Liuxi (CHN)
 Du Li (CHN)
 Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)
 Kateřina Emmons (CZE)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Yi Siling (CHN)		 12 April 2002
22 April 2002
24 August 2002
4 June 2003
14 June 2003
13 February 2004
22 February 2004
22 April 2004
5 March 2005
11 April 2005
11 June 2005
4 October 2006
24 May 2008
9 August 2008
5 November 2008
1 August 2010		 Sydney (AUS)
Shanghai (CHN)
Munich (GER)
Zagreb (CRO)
Munich (GER)
Kuala Lumpur (MAS)
Bangkok (THA)
Athens (GRE)
Tallinn (EST)
Changwon (KOR)
Munich (GER)
Granada (ESP)
Milan (ITA)
Beijing (CHN)
Bangkok (THA)
Munich (GER)

Personal life

Emmons is married to American Olympic rifle shooter Matthew Emmons.[4] They met at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens while she was commentating for Czech Television,[5] and married in Plzeň on 30 June 2007. They both live and train in Plzeň. Her father currently coaches the Australian shooting team. Their daughter, Julie, was born in 2009. They have two more children together: Martin Henry and Emma.

References
  1. "Flash: Emmons wins first gold of the Olympic Games". Beijing 2008. August 9, 2008. Archived from the original on August 12, 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
  2. "Czech shooter Katerina Emmons wins first gold medal of Beijing Olympics". The Telegraph. August 9, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  3. Johnstone, Chris (5 June 2018). "Norwegian Egil Gjelland Appointed Biathlon Head Trainer". radio.cz. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. European Shooting Page
  5. "London 2012: Is Matt Emmons America's unluckiest Olympian?". BBC Sport. June 7, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
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