Ri Hyon-ok (sport shooter)

{{short description|North Korean sport shooter}}

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| name = Ri Hyon-ok

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| fullname = Ri Hyon-ok

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| nationality = {{PRK}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pyongyang, North Korea

| height = {{height|m=1.61|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| sport = Shooting

| event = Skeet (SK75)

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's shooting}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2007 Kuwait City|Skeet team}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Kuwait City|Skeet}}

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| hangul = 리현옥

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| rr = I Hyeonok

| mr = Ri Hyŏnok

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Ri Hyon-ok ({{langx|ko|리현옥}}; born January 13, 1970, in Pyongyang) is a North Korean sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Ri Hyon-ok|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/ri-hyon-ok-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/ri-hyon-ok-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 21 July 2015}} She won a bronze medal in skeet shooting at the 2007 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City, Kuwait, and finished seventh at the 2004 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Ri Hyon-ok|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHPRKW1301197001|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=16 July 2015}}

Ri qualified as the only female athlete for the North Korean shooting squad in the women's skeet at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by having registered a minimum qualifying score of 66 and obtaining a top four finish from the Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web|title=Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification |url=http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf |publisher=Majority Sports |page=13 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722132244/http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf |archivedate=22 July 2015 }} Ri aggregated a total record of 68 out of 75 targets in the qualifying stage, but fell abruptly in a two-way shoot-off against U.S. shooter Kimberly Rhode by 2 to 1, leaving her in seventh out of twelve prospective shooters.{{cite web|title=Shooting: Women's Skeet Prelims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/results/3532306.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}