Katerina Emmons Bio - Biography

Name Katerina Emmons
Height 5' 4"
Naionality Cuban
Date of Birth November 17, 1983
Place of Birth Pilsen; née Kůrková
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Kateřina Emmons (born November 17, 1983 in Pilsen; née Kůrková) is a female Czech sport shooter who 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, and the very first gold medal of that particular games.

On her way to the gold medal, Emmons equalled the qualifying round world record and set a new Olympic record by achieving a maximum score of 400. She then proceeded to set a new Olympic record in the final by totalling 503.5.

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