Ri Ho-jun
Ri Ho-jun is a sports shooter and Olympic Champion for North Korea. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the country's first ever Olympic gold. In August 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Ri also taught shooting sports to North Korea's future leader, Kim Jong-il. Ri later became his closest bodyguard.
