Kang Cho-hyun
Kang at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1982-10-23) 23 October 1982
Daejeon, South Korea
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportShooting
Event10 m air rifle
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 10 m air rifle
Kang Cho-hyun
Hangul
강초현
Revised RomanizationGang Chohyeon
McCune–ReischauerKang Ch'ohyŏn

Kang Cho-hyun (강초현; born October 23, 1982) is a South Korean sport shooter. She won the silver medal in 10 m air rifle in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1][2]

Early life and education

Kang was born on 1982 in Daejeon, as the only daughter of Kang Hee-gyun and Kim Yang-hwa. Her father, Kang Hee-gyun, served in the 2nd Marine Division ('Blue Dragon Division') of the South Korean Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He lost both his legs to shrapnel from a Viet Cong grenade during the war and suffered from osteomyelitis, and died on July 1999.[3][4] She entered the Department of Physical Education at Korea University on November 2001 and graduated with Bachelors in Physical Education.[5]

Sports career

Kang started her shooting career in 1995, when she was a student at Yuseong Girls' Middle School in Daejeon.[3]

In May 2000, at the 30th National Shooting Competition in South Korea, she scored a total of 86 points, finishing second behind Choi Dae-young, who scored 1592 points, and was selected as the member of the national shooting team.In July of the same year, she participated in the 2000 ISSF World Cup 4 held in Atlanta, United States, and scored 499.6 points, beating Emily Caruso of the United States by 0.1 points to win the gold medal with a world record tie. In September of that year, she competed in 10 m air rifle in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She qualified first for the final round with 397 points, tying the previous Olympic record for qualifying. In the final, with 100.5 points, she achieved the sixth best result among the eight finalists. She finished second and won the silver medal with a total of 497.5 points.[6][7][8]

After the Olympics, she joined the Galleria Shooting Team, which was founded by the Galleria Department Store.[9] At the 2001 ISSF World Cup, she attained 14th place at World Cup 2 held in Seoul and 30th place at World Cup 3 held in Milan, Italy, with 390 points.[10] She was selected as the national team again in 2003 and scored 499.2 points at the 2003 ISSF World Cup 2 held in Zagreb, Croatia.[10] Since then, she was active as a national team player and sports commentator, and was in charge of commentating during shooting at the 2002 Asian Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics.[11] She finished 17th at the 2006 ISSF World Cup 1 in Guangzhou, China and 80th place in World Cup 3 in Munich, Germany.[10] Eventually, she was not selected in the national team for the future games.

In 2015, she retired from the Galleria Shooting Team.[12]

National honours

References

  1. ↑ "Sports-reference Profile". Sports-reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Database Olympics Profile". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  3. 1 2 "[2000년 스포츠스타] '초롱이' 강초현". Chosun (in Korean). 2000-12-15. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  4. ↑ "강초현 당찬 10대 소녀". KBS News. 2000-09-16. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  5. ↑ Myeong-cheol, Oh (2011-12-22). "[요즘 뭐하세요①] '얼짱 스타' 강초현 "사격이 더 재밌어졌다"". JTBC (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  6. ↑ Jong-seok, Kim (2000-08-20). "Kang Cho-Hyun shoots away to Sydney Olympics". The Dong-A Ilbo. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  7. ↑ "Shooter Kang Cho-Hyun wins first medal for Korea". The Dong-A Ilbo. 2000-09-16. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  8. ↑ "The week in Indian sports". Rediff. 2000-07-22. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  9. ↑ "시드니스타 강초현 영입 .. 갤러리아사격단 창단식". Hankyung (in Korean). 2001-02-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  10. 1 2 3 "Cho Hyun Kang". ISSF. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  11. ↑ "사격-강초현, 아테네올림픽 방송 해설자로 나서". KBS News (in Korean). 2004-06-01. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  12. ↑ "갤러리아 퇴단 강초현,"체육교사 돼도 총은 내려놓지 않는다"". Sports Seoul. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  13. ↑ "강초현양, 대전시 체육대상 수상". YNA (in Korean). 2000-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  14. ↑ "2018 체육훈장 거상장 수상자". YNA (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-12-21.
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