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Alethea Nevada Sedgman is an Australian sport shooter. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the women's 50 metres rifle three position event. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 10 metres air rifle event and the 50m rifle event.
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Andrea Arsović is a Serbian sport shooter. She won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle at the 2015 European Games and is also a two-time European champion in the same discipline as well as a three-time champion in mixed team and once in women's team. Arsović won a gold medal at the 2009 and 2018 Mediterranean Games. She competed in the Women's 10 metre air rifle and women's 50 metre three positions events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Anita Karlsson is a Swedish sport shooter. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's 50 metre rifle three positions event, in which she placed eighth, and the women's 10 metre air rifle event, in which she tied for 33rd place.
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Yasmine Helmi is an Egyptian sport shooter. She tied for 28th place in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ "Oriana Scheuss". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
