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| Birth name | Anja Senti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Swiss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 28, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Sport Shooter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | anjasenti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Jan Hollenweger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anja Senti (born 28 September 1996) is a target shooter from Switzerland. [1] She has won individual titles at two ISSF World Championships.
Anja has a diploma in Architecture. [2]
Anja began shooting in 2006. [2]
In 2021, she won two silver medals in team events at the European Shooting Championships in Osijek. She won an individual bronze medal in the women's 300m prone rifle.
At the 2022 World Championships, she won the women's 300m prone rifle event. With Sarina Hitz and Silvia Guignard, she won silver in the women's team events for 300m prone rifle and 300m 3-Position Rifle. [3]
At the 2023 ISSF World Championships in Baku, Senti became world champion in the women's 50m prone rifle event, also winning the team event alongside Sarina Hitz and Chiara Leone. [4] [5] [6] [7] Alongside Guignard Schnyder and Michele Bertschi she won the women's 300m prone rifle team event and earned silver in the women's 300m 3-Position Rifle team event. [8] [9] [10]
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