Kang Gee-eun
South Korean sport shooter
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Kang Gee-eun (also Gang Ji-eun, Korean: 강지은; 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]
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| Nationality | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 1990 Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Trap, double trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Korea Telecom Shooting Team[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Song Nam-Jun[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
