Kim Rhode

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Kim Rhode, Olympic Gold Medal shooter and co-host of the Outdoor Channel's TV program Step Outside at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo 2007.

Women's Shooting
Olympic medal record
Competitor for the United States
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Double Trap
Gold	2004 Athens	Double Trap
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Double Trap

Kimberly "Kim" Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a two-time Olympic gold medal winner and six-time national champion in double trap. She was the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Most recently she won a gold medal in double trap shooting at the 2004 Summer Games.

Born in Whittier, California, Rhode began sport hunting at an early age, traveling on African safaris by the age of 12. At 13, she won her first world championship title in women's double trap shooting. Rhode won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Games, making her the youngest female gold medalist in the history of Olympic shooting. She later won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Rhode also won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

After double trap shooting was eliminated from the 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 is co-host of the Outdoor Channel's TV program Step Outside.^[1]. Rhode is currently studying to become a veterinarian at Cal Poly Pomona university.

Current world records held in Skeet
Women	Final	98	Kim Rhode (USA) (73+25) Christine Brinker (GER) (73+25) Erdzhanik Avetisyan (RUS) (73+25)	March 22, 2007 September 5, 2007 October 17, 2007	Santo Domingo (DOM) Nicosia (CYP) Belgrade (SRB)	edit