| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Dawn Marie Kobayashi |
| Nationality |  Jamaica |
| Born | 18 June 1971 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event | 10 m air rifle (AR40) |
| Club | Jamaica Air Rifle Association [1] |
| Coached by | Keith 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]
