SHE Safari signs Kim Rhode.SHE Safari, maker of women's outdoor apparel, has signed three-time Olympic medalist An Olympic medalist is the winner of a medal in one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal: gold, silver and bronze. Some countries, besides supporting all their Olympic athletes, pay sums of money and gifts to medal winners depending on the classes and number of Kim Rhode as their national spokesperson. The company also announced plans to create a new line of Kim Rhode shooting apparel."We are pleased and honored to have Kim on our team," said SHE Safari owners Pam and Brian Zaitz. "Kim will be an excellent representative and a wealth of knowledge for our company and the new line of clothing designed specifically for women shooters." "I'm proud to be associated with SHE Safari because they provide the avid out-doorswoman with high-quality apparel that is both functional and stylish. I'm looking forward to working together with SHE Safari to make this line really special," Rhode said. In addition to her one bronze and two gold Olympic medals, Rhode has won seven gold medals in World Cup competitions and two at the Pan American Games Pan American (Sports) Games Quadrennial sports festival. The games, conceived in 1940 as an event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, were first held in 1951. . She has switched to skeet shooting for the 2008 Beijing Olympics as her previous event, doubles trap, was dropped from the competition. In March, Rhode broke the world record in skeet skeet: see shooting. on the way to winning a World Cup gold medal in Santo Domingo. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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