Jo Yong-suk

Jo Yong-suk (Korean pronunciation: [tso.jʌŋ.suk̚]; born September 5, 1988; Korean: 조영숙) is a North Korean female sport shooter.[1] She represents the Amnokgang National Defense Sports Team.[2]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jo.
Jo Yong-suk
Personal information
National teamNorth Korea
Born (1988-09-05) September 5, 1988
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSport shooting
Event(s)10 metre air pistol, 25 metre pistol[1]
TeamAmnokgang National Defense Sports Team
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
조영숙
Revised RomanizationJo Yeongsuk
McCune–ReischauerCho Yŏngsuk
Updated on 8 August 2016.

Jo was is from Sariwon, North Hwanghae, but now lives in Pyongyang.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 10 metre air pistol and achieved 10th position out of 49 athletes.[4] She also competed in the 25 metre pistol, finishing in 7th.[5] She competed in the same events at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in 12th in the 10 metre air pistol and 7th in the 25 metre pistol.

References
  1. "JO Yong Suk". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  2. "Best Players, Coaches for 2010 Selected". web.archive.org. KCNA. 6 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  4. London2012.com
  5. "Jo Yong-Suk Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-09-08.


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