Kimberly Rhode

Kim Rhode

Rhode at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo 2007
Personal information
Full name	Kimberly Susan Rhode
Born	(1979-07-16) July 16, 1979 (age 37) Whittier, California, U.S.
Alma mater	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	Double trap, skeet
Medal record Women's shooting Representing  United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Double trap 2004 Athens Double trap 2012 London Skeet 2008 Beijing Skeet 2000 Sydney Double trap 2016 Rio Skeet World Championships 2010 Münich Skeet Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Double trap 2011 Guadalajara Skeet 2015 Toronto Skeet 2007 Rio de Janeiro Skeet

Kimberly "Kim" Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a six-time 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 Olympic Games, equaling the world record of 99 out of 100 clays. Most recently, she won the bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics making her the first Olympian to win a medal on five different continents and the first Summer Olympian to win an individual medal at six consecutive summer games.

Kimberly Rhode was born in Whittier, California in 1979. Rhode began sport hunting at an early age, traveling on African safaris by the age of 12. Rhode began competing in skeet at age 10.

Rhode, at 13, won her first world championship title in women's double trap shooting. After double trap shooting was eliminated from the 2008 Olympic games, she has concentrated on skeet. At the 2007 world cup competitions in Santo Domingo, she set a new final world record in this event with 98 hits (73 in the qualification round and a perfect 25 in the final). Rhode became a Distinguished International Shooter in 1995 (Badge #388).

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

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

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