Ri Ho-jun

{{Short description|North Korean sports shooter (born 1946)}} {{family name hatnote|Ri||lang=Korean}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson |image= Ri Ho-jun 1972.jpg |image_size = 230px |caption = Ri Ho-jun at the 1972 Olympics | name = Ri Ho-jun | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = 176 cm | weight = 75 kg | website = | country = | sport = Sports shooting | event = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{PRK}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold| 1972 Munich | 50 m rifle prone}} | show-medals = yes }} {{Infobox Korean name/auto | hangul = %리호준 | hanja = }} {{otherpeople|Lee Ho-joon}} '''Ri Ho-jun''' ({{Korean|리호준|context=north}}, born 1 December 1946) is a North Korean retired sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/li-ho-jun-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/li-ho-jun-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Li Ho-Jun |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=2 July 2010}}</ref> the country's first ever Olympic gold medal.<ref name="Fischer2016">{{cite book|last=Fischer|first=Paul|title=A Kim Jong-Il Production: Kidnap, Torture, Murder... Making Movies North Korean-Style|year=2016|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London|isbn=978-0-241-97000-3|page=46}}</ref> In August 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.<ref name="Panorama">{{cite book|title=Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year|year=1973|pages=122–124|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|location=Moscow|language=Russian}}</ref> He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.<ref name=sports-ref/>

Ri also taught shooting sports to North Korea's future leader, Kim Jong-il. Ri later became his closest bodyguard.<ref name="Fischer2016"/>

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{{Olympic Champions Shooting FR60PR}} {{Asian Games Champions Shooting 10 m Air Rifle Men}} {{Asian Games Champions Shooting 50 m Rifle 3 Positions Men}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ri, Ho-jun}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:North Korean male sport shooters Category:ISSF rifle shooters Category:Olympic shooters for North Korea Category:Olympic gold medalists for North Korea Category:Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in shooting Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Category:Shooters at the 1974 Asian Games Category:Shooters at the 1978 Asian Games Category:People's Athletes Category:Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Category:Asian Games shooters for North Korea Category:Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Category:Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Category:Bodyguards Category:Asian Games gold medalists in shooting Category:Asian Games silver medalists in shooting