Jo Yong-suk

Jo Yong-suk
Personal information
National team	North Korea
Born	September 5, 1988 (age 36)
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sport shooting
Event(s)	10 metre air pistol, 25 metre pistol
Team	Amnokgang National Defense Sports Team
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing North Korea
Asian Championships
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	조영숙
Revised Romanization	Jo Yeongsuk
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Yŏngsuk
	Updated on 8 August 2016

Jo Yong-suk (Korean pronunciation: [tso.jʌŋ.suk̚]; born September 5, 1988; Korean: 조영숙) is a North Korean sport shooter.^[1] She represents the Amnokgang National Defense Sports Team.^[2]

Jo is from Sariwon, North Hwanghae, but now lives in Pyongyang.^[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 10 metre air pistol and achieved 10th position out of 49 athletes.^[4] She also competed in the 25 metre pistol, finishing in 7th.^[5] She competed in the same events at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in 12th in the 10 metre air pistol and 7th in the 25 metre pistol.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "JO Yong Suk". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
^ "Best Players, Coaches for 2010 Selected". Korean Central News Agency. 6 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
^ London2012.com
^ "Jo Yong-Suk Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-09-08.

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