Esmari van Reenen

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Esmari van Reenen
Personal information
NationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Born (1981-09-28) 28 September 1981 (age 41)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)

Esmari van Reenen (born September 28, 1981) is a South African sport shooter. [1] She won the silver medal for the rifle three positions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, losing out by seven tenths of a point (0.7) to India's Anuja Jung. [2] [3] Van Reenen received a qualifying place for the Olympics by capturing the gold in the same category at the 2007 ISSF African Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt. [4] She also achieved a best result in the international stage by finishing fifth at the 2008 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, with a score of 673.3 points. [5]

Van Reenen became one of the first female sport shooters to represent South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [6] She competed in the women's 50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 198 targets in a prone position, 183 in standing, and 197 in kneeling, for a total score of 578 points, finishing only in sixteenth place. [7]

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