About Ryu Myong-Yon
Born 1970. Ryu Myong-Yon is a North Korean athlete and sport shooter.
Ryu Myong-yon (; born January 9, 1970) is a North Korean sport shooter. 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.
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.
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Who is Ryu Myong-Yon?
Olympic pistol shooter
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Ryu Myong-Yon was born on 9 January 1970.
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Ryu Myong-Yon is an athlete and sport shooter.
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Ryu Myong-Yon is North Korean.
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