Deena Wigger

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Deena Wigger
Deena and Lones Wigger.jpg
Deena training with her father, circa 1980
Personal information
Full nameDeena Lynn Wigger
NationalityAmerican
Born (1966-08-27) August 27, 1966 (age 57)
Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport Sports shooting
EventRifle
Coached by Lones Wigger
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Caracas 50 m prone, ind.
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Caracas 50 m prone, team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis 50 m prone, ind.
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis 10 m air, ind.
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata 50 m 3 positions, ind.
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1986 Suhl 10 m air, ind.
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1986 Suhl 50 m 3 positions, team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1990 Moscow10 m air, team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1990 Moscow50 m 3 positions, ind.
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1990 Moscow50 m 3 positions, team

Deena Lynn Wigger (born August 27, 1966) is a retired American sport shooter, she is the daughter of the Olympic shooter Lones Wigger. She placed 10th in the 10 m air rifle shooting event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1]

Wigger won a total of four gold medals at the Pan American Games in 1983–1995. [2] She also won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the 1986 and 1990 World Championships. In 1989 she broke the world record for air rifle with 389 of 400. [1]

Wigger attended college at Murray State University in Kentucky, helping them win an NCAA team championship. After the 1988 Olympics, she joined the Wyoming Air National Guard, and then the US Air Force, where she served as a medical technician and an assistant shooting coach at the US Air Force Academy. [1] In 1996 she was named the United States Air Force Athlete of the Year.

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References

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