Editing Kim Rhode

{{short description|American sport shooter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Kim Rhode
| image            = Kim rhode 2007.jpg{{!}}border
| caption          = Rhode at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo 2007
| birth_name       = 
| fullname         = Kimberly Susan Rhode
| residence        = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1979|7|16}}
| birth_place      = [[Whittier, California]], United States
| height           = 5 ft 4 in
| weight           = 180 lb
| alma_mater       = [[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona]]
| country          = United States
| sport            = [[Shooting sports|Shooting]]
| event            = [[ISSF Double trap|Double trap]], [[ISSF Olympic skeet|skeet]]
| coach            = 
| worlds           = 
| nationals        = 
| olympics         = 
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Shooting sports|shooting]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's double trap|Double trap]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's double trap|Double trap]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|Skeet]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|Skeet]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's double trap|Double trap]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio]] | [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|Skeet]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 ISSF World Shooting Championships|1995 Nicosia]]|Skeet team}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 ISSF World Shooting Championships|1998 Barcelona]]|Double trap team}}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2010 Münich]] | [[2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships#Women 3|Skeet]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2010 Munich]]|Skeet team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2015 Lonato]]|Skeet team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2017 Moscow]]|Skeet team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2018 Changwon]]|Skeet team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2019 Lonato]]|Skeet team}}
{{MedalSilver | 1998 Barcelona | Double trap}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2001 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2001 Cairo]]|Double trap team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2002 Lahti]]|Double trap team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2003 Nicosia]]|Double trap team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2007 Nicosia]]|Skeet team}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Changwon|Skeet}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1995 ISSF World Shooting Championships|1995 Nicosia]]|Double trap team}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2011 World Shotgun Championships|2011 Belgrade]] | [[2011 World Shotgun Championships|Skeet]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2014 Granada]]|Skeet team}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games sports|Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Shooting at the 1999 Pan American Games|Double trap]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Shooting at the 2003 Pan American Games#Double Trap 2|Double trap]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]] | [[Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's skeet|Skeet]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]] | [[Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's skeet|Skeet]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2019 Pan American Games|2019 Lima]] | [[Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games|Skeet]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Shooting at the 2007 Pan American Games#Women's events|Skeet]] }}
}}
'''Kimberly Susan Rhode''' (born July 16, 1979) is an American [[Double Trap|double trap]] and [[ISSF Olympic skeet|skeet]] [[Shooting sport|shooter]].<ref name="bio-nbc-olympics">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=777/bio/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011022824/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=777/bio/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |title=2008 Beijing Summer Olympics – Kimberly Rhode Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos |work=NBC Olympics |access-date=September 16, 2008 }}</ref> A [[California]] native, she is a six-time [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most successful female shooter at the Olympics as the only triple Olympic Champion and the only woman to have won two Olympic gold medals for Double Trap. She won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], equaling the world record of 99 out of 100 clays.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/sports/olympics/kim-rhode-plans-to-keep-on-shooting-for-olympic-medals |title=Kim Rhode plans to keep on shooting for Olympic medals |date=July 30, 2012 |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802015004/http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/sports/olympics/kim-rhode-plans-to-keep-on-shooting-for-olympic-medals |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most recently, she won the bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, making her the first Olympian to win a medal on five continents, the first Summer Olympian to win an individual medal at six consecutive summer games, and the first woman to medal in six consecutive Olympics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/kim-rhode-wins-sixth-consecutive-medal-makes-history|title=Kim Rhode wins sixth consecutive medal, makes history|work=NBC Olympics|access-date=October 10, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Kimberly Rhode was born in [[Whittier, California]], in 1979. Rhode began [[hunting|sport hunting]] at an early age, traveling on [[Africa]]n [[safari]]s by the age of 12. Rhode began competing in skeet at age 10.<ref name="bio-nbc-olympics" /><ref name="USA Shooting Kim Rhode">{{cite web |url=http://www.usashooting.org/12-the-team/usashootingteam/nationalteam/nationalshotgunteam/kimrhode |title=USA Shooting Kim Rhode |access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref>

==International competition==
Rhode, at 13, won her first world championship title in women's double trap shooting. After double trap shooting was eliminated from the 2008 Summer Olympics, she has concentrated on skeet. Rhode became a Distinguished International Shooter in 1995 (Badge #388).<ref name="CMP">{{cite web |url=https://ct.thecmp.org/app/v1/index.php?do=contactDistinguishedView&distinguished_id=10426 |title=Distinguished International Shooter Badge |access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref> In ISSF World Cup competition, she has won 19 Gold, 7 Silver, and 8 Bronze medals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHUSAW1607197901|title=ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org|website=www.issf-sports.org|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>  At the 2007 World Cup competition in [[Santo Domingo]], she set a new world record in this event with 98 hits (73 in the qualification round and a perfect 25 in the final).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skeet.se/arkiv/2007/v2_07/resultat/2007/wc107wom.pdf|title=ISSF World Cup Santo Domingo 2007 FINAL RESULTS SKEET WOMEN}}</ref>

===1996 Olympics===
Rhode won a gold medal at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], making her the youngest female gold medalist in the history of Olympic shooting.

===2000 Olympics===
Rhode won a bronze medal at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney, Australia]].

===2004 Olympics===
Rhode won a gold medal at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]] in Women's Double trap.

===2008 Olympics===
Rhode won the silver medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in women's skeet.

===2012 Olympics===
On July 29 at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Rhode won the gold medal in skeet shooting with an Olympic record score of 99, tying the world record in this event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18904234 |title=Olympics skeet shooting: Kim Rhode wins to make US history |date=July 29, 2012 |access-date=July 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729231726/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18904234 |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> With this medal, Rhode is the only American competitor to win medals for an individual event in five consecutive Olympics. She also became one of the three competitors (and the only woman) to win three Olympic individual gold medals for shooting, along with [[Ralf Schumann]] of [[Germany]] and [[Jin Jong-oh]] of [[Korea]].

===2016 Olympics===
Qualifying for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] made Rhode the first U.S. Olympian to qualify for an Olympic team on five different continents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/May/20/Shooter-Kim-Rhode-Qualifies-For-Rio-Will-Be-Second-US-Woman-To-Compete-At-6-Olympics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526000725/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/May/20/Shooter-Kim-Rhode-Qualifies-For-Rio-Will-Be-Second-US-Woman-To-Compete-At-6-Olympics |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 26, 2016 |title=Shooter Kim Rhode Qualifies For Rio, Will Be Second U.S. Woman To Compete At 6 Olympics |publisher=Teamusa.org |access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref> Kim Rhode won the bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, making her the first Olympian to win a medal on five different continents,  the first Summer Olympian to win an individual medal at six consecutive summer games, and the first woman to medal in six consecutive Olympics.

==TV Host==
Rhode is co-host of the [[Outdoor Channel]]'s TV program ''Step Outside''.<ref name="step-outside">{{cite web |url=http://www.gundogsonline.com/Article/Step-Outside-TV-Kicks-Off-Second-Season-On-The-Outdoor-Channel-Page1.htm |title=StepOutside |access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref> Rhode studied [[Pre-veterinary medicine]] at [[Cal Poly Pomona]].<ref name=polycentric>{{cite web|url=http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news.asp?id=2119 |title=PolyCentric – Cal Poly Pomona |access-date=September 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012175504/http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news.asp?id=2119 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Stolen competition shotgun==
On September 11, 2008, Rhode's competition [[shotgun]] was stolen from her pickup; she had been using it in competition for eighteen years.<ref name="stolen-shotgun-nytimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-olympian13-2008sep13,0,6552651.story |title=Olympic champion Kim Rhode's shotgun is stolen |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date=September 16, 2008 |first=Francisco |last=Vara-Orta |date=September 13, 2008}}</ref> The gun was returned to her in January 2009 after it was discovered during an unrelated search of a [[parole]]e's home; the parolee was charged with possession of stolen property.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/outdoors/general/news/story?id=3869075 Police find Olympian Kim Rhode's shotgun] ESPN, January 29, 2009</ref> In the meantime fans had donated to buy her a new $13,000 [[Perazzi]] shotgun. Having become used to training with the new gun, she elected to retire "Old Faithful" after four Summer Games.<ref name=espn2012>{{cite web|title=Kim Rhode is not your typical Olympian |url=http://espn.go.com/espnw/olympics/7914238/2012-london-olympics-american-shooter-kim-rhode-not-your-typical-olympian |website=ESPN.com |access-date=August 12, 2012 |author=Bonnie D. Ford |date=May 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621212918/http://espn.go.com/espnw/olympics/7914238/2012-london-olympics-american-shooter-kim-rhode-not-your-typical-olympian |archive-date=June 21, 2012 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rhode spoke at the [[2012 Republican National Convention]], introducing several other Olympians on the stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?c3830816/olympians-2012-republican-national-convention |title=Olympians at the 2012 Republican National Convention |publisher=[[C-SPAN]] |year=2012}}</ref>

Rhode married Mike Harryman in 2009. Their son was born in 2013.<ref name="USA Shooting Kim Rhode" /><ref name=espn2012 />

In addition to being a member of [[USA Shooting]]'s National Team, Rhode is an honorary lifetime member of the [[National Rifle Association]] and a member of [[Safari Club International]].<ref name="USA Shooting Kim Rhode" />

==Awards==
* [[Association of National Olympic Committees|ANOC Gala Awards]] 2015：Best Female Athlete of the Pan American Games 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=The ANOC Awards 2015|url=https://www.anocolympic.org/anoc-awards/the-anoc-awards-2015/|access-date=|website=ANOC}}</ref>

==Career results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! colspan=7| Olympic results
|-
! Event
! 1996
! 2000
! 2004
! 2008
! 2012
! 2016
|-
| align=left | [[Double trap]]
| style="background:#cfc;" | {{Gold1}} [[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's double trap|Gold]]<br />108+33
| style="background:#cfc;" | {{Bronze3}} [[Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's double trap|Bronze]]<br />103+36
| style="background:#cfc;" | {{Gold1}} [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's double trap|Gold]]<br />110+36
| colspan=3 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|-
| align=left | [[Olympic skeet|Skeet]]
| style="color:#ccc;" | Not held
| [[Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|7th]]<br />69
| style="background:#cfc;" | [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|5th]]<br />68+23
| style="background:#cfc;" | {{Silver2}} [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|Silver]]<br />70+23
| style="background:#cfc;" | {{Gold1}} [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|Gold]]<br />74+25
| style="background:#cfc;" | {{Bronze3}} [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|Bronze]]<br />72+14+15(+3)
|-
| align=left | [[Olympic Trap|Trap]]
| style="color:#ccc;" | Not held
| —
| —
| —
| [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's trap|9th]]<br />68
| —
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ISSF|name=Kimberly Rhode}}
* [http://www.usashooting.org/12-the-team/usashootingteam/nationalteam/nationalshotgunteam/kimrhode Kim Rhode] at [[USA Shooting]]
* {{Team USA|new_id=kim-rhode|name=Kim Rhode|old_id=RH/Kimberly-Rhode|archive=20230318103245}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Kim Rhode}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|name=Kimberly Rhode}}

{{Olympic Champions Shooting DT120}}
{{Olympic Champions Shooting SK75}}

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