Dawn Kobayashi

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Dawn Kobayashi
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Full nameDawn Marie Kobayashi
NationalityFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Born (1971-06-18) 18 June 1971 (age 51)
Kingston, Jamaica
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
ClubJamaica Air Rifle Association [1]
Coached byKeith Hammond (national) [1]

Dawn Marie Kobayashi (born 18 June 1971 in Kingston) is a Jamaican sport shooter. [2] 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. [1] [3] Kobayashi trains for the Jamaica Air Rifle Association and the national team under the tutelage of Keith Hammond. [1]

Kobayashi qualified as a lone shooter for the Jamaican squad in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She had been granted an Olympic invitation for her country by the ISSF and the IOC, having registered a minimum qualifying score of 391 from her eight-place finish at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. [1] [4] [5] Kobayashi shot a decent 383 out of a possible 400 to force in a two-way tie with Nicaragua's Svitlana Kashchenko for forty-first place in the qualifying round, finishing just eight points off her entry best. [6] [7]

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