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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 April 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Air pistol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SGi Frankfurt/Oder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michelle Skeries (born 2 April 1996) is a German sport shooter.
She participated at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships, winning a medal. [1]
At the 2022 European Championships, she won the 25m Pistol Women's team title with Doreen Vennekamp and Monika Karsch. [2]
Elisabeta Karabolli, born 1958, is an Albanian-American sport shooter, who became the European Champion in air pistol, representing Albania. She was the first ever European champion from Albania in any sport.
Nino Salukvadze is a Georgian sport shooter. She is a nine-time Olympian and has won medals on three occasions. At age 19 and competing for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the women's 25-metre sporting pistol competition and silver in the women's 10-metre air pistol competition. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing for Georgia, she added to her tally with a bronze medal, also in the 10-metre air pistol event.
Heena Sidhu is an Indian sport shooter. On 7 April 2014, Sidhu became the first Indian pistol shooter to reach number one in world rankings by the International Shooting Sport Federation. In 2013, Sidhu became the first Indian pistol shooter to win a gold medal in an ISSF World Cup finals when she won the 10-metre air pistol event. In 2014, Sidhu was the World record holder in the 10-metre air pistol event with a final score of 203.8. Sidhu is right handed and is right eye dominant.
João Carlos Calvete Pereira da Costa is a Portuguese marksman who competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympic Games representing Portugal.
Georgina Geikie is a British sport shooter who competed for Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She has won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games.
The European Shooting Championships are the continental championships for ISSF sport shooting disciplines in Europe, including 10m air rifle and air pistol, cartridge rifle and pistol. Sometimes the competition also includes trap shooting, skeet and running target shooting events, usually organized in special championships.
Mirela Skoko-Ćelić is a Croatian sport shooter. She has competed for Croatia in pistol shooting at three Olympics, and has been close to an Olympic medal in 1992. Outside her Olympic career, Skoko-Celic has produced a career tally of five medals in a major international competition, a total of three at numerous meets of the ISSF World Cup series and a silver in the air pistol at the 2002 European Championships.
Susanne Maria Meyerhoff is a Danish sport shooter. She has competed for Denmark in pistol shooting at three Olympics, and has recorded a career tally of eighteen medals in a major international competition, a total of seven under both junior and senior categories at the European Championships, a total of ten at numerous meets of the ISSF World Cup series, and a silver as a junior at the 1994 ISSF World Championships in Milan, Italy.
Galina Vasilyevna Belyayeva is a Russian-Kazakhstani sport shooter. She has competed for Kazakhstan in pistol shooting at two Olympics, and has been close to an Olympic medal in 1996. Outside her Olympic career, Belyayeva has produced a career tally of six medals in a major competition: a bronze in air pistol at the 1994 World Championships in Milan, Italy and five more at numerous meets of the ISSF World Cup series.
Monika Rieder is a Swiss sport shooter. She has been selected to compete for Switzerland in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained top eight finishes in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships. Rieder trains under Polish-born head coach and four-time Olympian Krzysztof Kucharczyk for the national team, while shooting at Bubikon Pistol Shooting Range on the outskirts of her hometown Rüti.
Monika Karsch is a German shooter. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in Women's 25 metre pistol.
Anna Korakaki is a Greek Olympic shooter.
Manu Bhaker is an Indian Olympian who competes at shooting, supported by OGQ. She represented India at the 2018 ISSF World Cup and won two gold medals. She is the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup. She won the gold medal in women's 10 m air pistol event at 2018 Commonwealth Games just at the age of 16 in her maiden Commonwealth Games appearance. She won the team gold for India in the women’s 25m pistol team event at the Asian Games, along with Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan.
Doreen Vennekamp is a German sport shooter and World Champion.
Margaret Thomas, is a female retired British sport shooter.
Esha Singh is an Indian amateur shooter, supported by OGQ. She became the national champion in the 10m Air Pistol category in 2018. She clinched an Olympic quota berth in the 10m Air Pistol category for the Paris Olympic Games at the Asian Qualifier at Jakarta on 8 January 2024. She was also conferred the Arjun Award for 2023 but missed the event on 9 January 2024 due to the Asian qualifier.
The 2021 European Shooting Championships were held from 22 May to 5 June 2021 in Osijek, Croatia. 1,473 athletes from 52 countries competed.
Veronika Major is a Hungarian sports shooter. She competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The 2022 European 25/50 m Events Championships was organised by the European Shooting Confederation and held in Polish city of Wrocław.
Sheileen Waibel is an Austrian sports shooter. She has represented Austria in ISSF Air Rifle and 50M Rifle at European and World Championship level. Her father is Olympic medallist Wolfram Waibel Jr., and grandfather is five time Olympian Wolfram Waibel Sr.
