Ryu Myong-yon

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Ryu Myong-yon
Personal information
Nationality North Korea
Born (1970-01-09) 9 January 1970 (age 54)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
Ryu Myong-yon
Chosŏn'gŭl
류명연
Revised RomanizationYu Myeongyeon
McCune–ReischauerRyu Myŏngyŏn

Ryu Myong-yon (Korean: 류명연; born January 9, 1970) is a North Korean sport shooter.[1] Ryu made his official debut for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he placed twenty-sixth in the 10 m air pistol, and twenty-eighth in the 50 m pistol, accumulating scores of 574 and 550 points, respectively.[2]

Sixteen years after competing in his last Olympics, Ryu qualified for his second North Korean team, as a 38-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place from the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.[2] He finished only in twenty-seventh place in the preliminary rounds of the men's 50 m pistol, by four points behind South Korea's Lee Dae-myung from the fifth attempt, for a total score of 551 targets.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ryu Myong-Yon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "ISSF Profile – Ryu Myong-Yon". ISSF. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

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