Daisy de Bock

Last updated
Daisy de Bock
Personal information
Full nameDaisy de Bock
NationalityFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Born (1974-08-10) 10 August 1974 (age 45)
Beveren, Belgium
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
ClubKarabijnclub Dingo [1]
Coached byViaene Alain (national) [1]

Daisy de Bock (born 10 August 1974, in Beveren) is a Belgian sport shooter. [2] She has been selected to compete for Belgium in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has yielded numerous top 10 finishes in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships. [1] De Bock trains under the tutelage of Viaene Alain for the national team, while shooting at Dingo Rifle Club (Dutch : Karabijnclub Dingo) in Moerbeke. [1] [3]

Beveren Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

Beveren is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders which comprises the towns of Beveren, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene.

Belgium Federal constitutional monarchy in Western Europe

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,688 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.4 million. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and Liège.

2004 Summer Olympics Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, held in Athens in 2004

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 2004, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the motto Welcome Home.

De Bock qualified as a lone shooter for the Belgian squad in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She had registered a minimum qualifying standard of 396 to secure an Olympic berth for Belgium, after finishing fifth in her pet event at the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden less than a year earlier. [1] [4] [5] De Bock aimed an inauspicious 95 at the opening series that stumbled her down the leaderboard early to a thirty-third place draw with three other shooters in the qualifying stage, ending up at 388 points out of a possible 400. [6] [7]

Athens Capital and largest city of Greece

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence started somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC.

Gothenburg City in Västergötland and Bohuslän, Sweden

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city center and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.

Sweden constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund Strait. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. The capital city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.3 million of which 2.5 million have a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi) and the highest urban concentration is in the central and southern half of the country.

Related Research Articles

Matej Mészáros is a Slovak sport shooter. He was selected to compete for the Slovak team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth in air rifle. Having started the sport since the age of eight, Meszaros trained as a member of the shooting team for the Slovak Republic State Sport Representation Centre of Interior Ministry in his native Bratislava under personal coach František Fesco.

Sabrina Sena is an Italian sport shooter. She has been selected to compete for Italy in rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics and has won a career total of three medals, one gold and two silver, in a major international competition, spanning the World Cup series and the European Championships. Sena is a member of her town's firing shooting range, and also, a resident athlete of the Italy national shooting team under Swiss-born rifle head coach and five-time Olympian Gabriele Bühlmann.

Cornelis Huig Jan "Jan-Cor" van der Greef is a Dutch sport shooter. He has competed for the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also established a junior world record for a fifth-place finish at the 2003 European Championships in Brno, Czech Republic. Van der Greef is a member of Snip Shooting Club and a resident athlete of the Royal Netherlands Shooting Federation, where he trains under head coach Nelia Heemskerk.

Dick Boschman is a Dutch sport shooter. He has been selected to compete for the Netherlands in two editions of the Olympic Games, and has won a career tally of nine medals in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships. Boschman trains full-time under trainer Heinz Reinkemeier (GER) for the national team, while practicing at Oostendorp Shooting Range in his hometown Elburg.

Vyacheslav Skoromnov is an Uzbek-born Qatari sport shooter. He has been selected to compete for his native Uzbekistan in rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has achieved a total of two medals, a gold and a silver, and numerous top ten finishes in a major international competition, spanning the Asian Games, and the Asian Championships. Currently living in Doha, Qatar since 2010, Skoromnov holds his dual citizenship to compete internationally in shooting.

Aleksandr Babchenko is a Kyrgyzstani sport shooter. He has been selected to compete for Kyrgyzstan in rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has achieved numerous top ten finishes in a major international competition, spanning the Asian Games, and the Asian Championships. Babchenko trains under his longtime coach Sergey Nikishov for the national team, while serving in the army.

Sven Anders Fredrik Haglund is a Swedish sport shooter. He has been selected to compete for Sweden in rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained numerous top ten finishes in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships. Haglund trains under head coach Stefan Lindblom for the national team, while shooting at Trollhättans Sportskytte.

Konstantinos Savorgiannakis is a Greek sport shooter. He was selected as one of eleven shooters to represent the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and had attained numerous top 20 finishes in air rifle shooting at various meets of the ISSF World Cup series. Savorgiannakis trains under Serbian-born head coach and 1988 Olympic champion Goran Maksimović for the national team, while shooting at Olympiakos in Athens.

Marcus Ricard Åkerholm is a Swedish sport shooter. He has been selected to compete for Sweden in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained numerous top ten finishes in a major international competition, spanning the World and European Championships and the ISSF World Cup series. Åkerholm trains under head coach Stefan Lindblom for the national team, while shooting at a rifle gun range in Uppsala.

Éva Joó is a Hungarian sport shooter. She has competed for Hungary in rifle shooting at four Olympics, and has been close to an Olympic medal in 1996. Apart from her Olympic career, Joo has successfully produced a career tally of nineteen medals in a major international competition: a gold at the 1990 ISSF World Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union, a total of three at the ISSF World Cup final, a total of nine at various meets of the World Cup series, and a remainder of six under both junior and senior categories at the European Championships since her sporting debut in 1987.

Pushpamali Ramanayake is a Sri Lankan sport shooter. She has competed for Sri Lanka in rifle shooting at three Olympics, and has won a gold medal with fellow shooter Malini Wickramasinghe in the air rifle pairs at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Valérie Bellenoue is a French sport shooter. She has competed for France in rifle shooting at three Olympics, and has been close to an Olympic medal on her debut in 1996. Outside her Olympic career, Bellenoue has won a total of fourteen medals in a major international competition, spanning the World and European Championships and the ISSF World Cup series.

Hiromi Misaki is a Japanese sport shooter. She has been selected to compete for Japan in rifle shooting at two Olympics, and has attained a total of five medals in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series. Misaki trains full-time for Hitachi Shooting Team under her longtime coach Yoko Miki.

Alyona Aksyonova is an Uzbek sport shooter. She won a bronze medal in small-bore rifle prone at the 2000 Asian Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia, and was selected to compete for Uzbekistan in two editions of the Olympic Games.

Patricia Yanira Rivas Miranda is a Salvadoran sport shooter. She won a bronze medal in the small-bore rifle prone at the 2001 American Continental Championships in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States, and was selected to compete for El Salvador in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Rivas trains for the national shooting team under longtime coach Reynaido Flores.

Dina Hosny Abdel-Aziz is an Egyptian sport shooter. She has been selected to compete for Egypt in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has won two medals, a silver and bronze, at the African Championships. Hosny trains under head coach Mohamed Fayek for the national shooting team, while serving full-time for the Egyptian Army.

Ann Spejlsgaard is a Danish sport shooter. She has been selected to compete for Denmark in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has finished ninth twice in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the World Championships. Spejlsgaard trains under head coach Klaus Christensen for the national team, while shooting in Vissenbjerg.

Dawn Marie Kobayashi is a Jamaican sport shooter. She has been selected to compete for Jamaica at the 2004 Summer Olympics, setting a historic milestone as the nation's first ever sport shooter after forty years. Kobayashi trains for the Jamaica Air Rifle Association and the national team under the tutelage of Keith Hammond.

Alexia Smirli is a Greek sport shooter. She was selected as one of eleven shooters to represent the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and had attained a top nine finish in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships. Smirli trains under Russian-born head coach Anna Pelova for the national team, while shooting at Maroussi Paradise Athletics Club on the outskirts of Athens.

Maria Faka is a Greek sport shooter. She was selected as one of eleven shooters to represent the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and had yielded numerous top 25 finishes in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships. Faka trains at Arhelaos Katerinis Shooting Club in Katerini under the tutelage of Konstantinos Myrotis.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "ISSF Profile – Daisy de Bock". ISSF . Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Daisy de Bock". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Belgen in Athene – Daisy De Bock" [Belgian in Athens – Daisy de Bock] (in Dutch). De Standaard. 1 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Schieten: Daisy De Bock vervoegt lijst selecteerbare atleten Athene" [Shooting: Daisy de Bock joins the list of prospective athletes for Athens] (in Dutch). Het Belang van Limburg. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004 . BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Daisy De Bock geeft het startschot" [Daisy de Bock kicks off] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
International Shooting Sport Federation international shooting sports governing body

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of the Olympic Shooting events in rifle, pistol and shotgun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic Shooting sport events. ISSF's activities include regulation of the sport, Olympic qualifications and organization of international competitions such as the ISSF World Cup Series, the ISSF World Cup Finals, the ISSF Separate World Championship in Shotgun events and the ISSF World Championship in all events.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.