Kateřina Emmons

Kateřina Emmons

Emmons in 2008
Personal information
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	(1983-11-17) 17 November 1983 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

Kateřina Emmons (also Emmonsová), née Kůrková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkatɛr̝ɪna ˈkuːrkovaː]; born 17 November 1983) is a Czech sport shooter who won three Olympic medals. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won her first gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle competition, as well as a silver medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions event.

In addition to her Olympic achievements, 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

Emmons went to the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the 10 metre air rifle competition and finished 27th in her second event, the 50 metre rifle three positions event. In Beijing in 2008, she won the first gold medal of the 2008 Summer Olympics 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. She won a silver medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions event at the same games.

Emmons took part in her third Olympic Games in 2012, although did not win a medal, finishing fourth in the 10 metre air rifle competition. She placed 32nd in the 50 metre rifle three positions.

In 2018 it was announced that Emmons had been appointed as a consultant shooting coach with the Czech biathlon team.

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)

Personal life

Emmons is married to American Olympic rifle shooter Matthew Emmons. They met at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens while she was commentating for Czech Television, and married in Plzeň on 30 June 2007. They both live and train in Plzeň. Her father currently coaches the Australian shooting team. Their daughter, Julie, was born in 2009. They have two more children together: Martin Henry and Emma.

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)