Kateřina Emmons

Kateřina Emmons (née Kůrková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkatɛr̝ɪna ˈkuːrkovaː], born 17 November 1983) is a Czech sport shooter. She won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Emmons won her first gold medal in women's 10 metre air rifle competition,^[1] and 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 (age 40) Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
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 2008 Beijing AR40 2008 Beijing STR3X20 2004 Athens AR40 World Championships 2002 AR40 2006 AR40 ISSF World Cup Final 2004 AR40 2007 AR40 European Championships 2004 AR40 2007 AR40 2008 AR40 2006 AR40

Prior to participating in the Olympic Games, 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

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Emmons won a bronze medal in the 10 metre air rifle competition and finished 27th in her second event, the 50-metre rifle three-position event. She won the first gold medal of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing 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]

In 2018, 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	Silver 586+101.7	32nd 576
10 metre air rifle	Bronze 398+103.1	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)	edit

Personal life

Emmons is married to American Olympic rifle shooter Matthew Emmons.^{[4][better source needed]} They met at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens whilst she was commentating for Czech Television,^[5] and married in Plzeň on 30 June 2007. The couple has four children: Julie (2009), Martin Henry (2013), Emma (2015), and Gabriela Maja (2017).^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Flash: Emmons wins first gold of the Olympic Games". Beijing 2008. Olympic Games Committee. 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2008.
2. "Czech shooter Katerina Emmons wins first gold medal of Beijing Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
3. Johnstone, Ben (5 June 2018). "Norwegian Egil Gjelland Appointed Biathlon Head Trainer". Czech Radio. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. "European Shooting Confederation". European Shooting Confederation. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
5. "London 2012: Is Matt Emmons America's unluckiest Olympian?". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

External links

• Kateřina Emmons on the 2008 Beijing Olympics website
• Kateřina Emmons at ISSF
• Kateřina Emmons at Olympics.com
• Kateřina Emmons at Olympedia
• Kateřina Emmons at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)