Sheileen Waibel

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Sheileen Waibel
Personal information
Birth nameSheileen Waibel
CitizenshipAustrian
Born (2001-01-03) January 3, 2001 (age 23)
Hohenems, Austria
Home town Hohenems, Austria
OccupationSport Shooter
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryAustria
Sport Shooting
Events
Club
  • SG Hohenems
  • USG Altach
Coached by
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Lima 50 m rifle prone junior
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Baku 50 m rifle prone team
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Suhl 50 m rifle prone junior
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Osijek 50 m rifle 3 positions team
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Suhl 50m rifle three position women junior team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Osijek 50m rifle three position mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Osijek 50m rifle three position women team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Wroclaw 50m rifle prone mixed team

Sheileen Waibel (born 3 January 2001) is an Austrian sports shooter. [1] 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.

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Shooting career

Waibel started shooting at the age of 13, [2] through her father Wolfram Waibel Jr., who won two medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta before becoming a national coach.

Waibel's first international selection was to the 2015 European Shooting Championships where she finished 24th individually in the Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle. [3] With Nadine Ungerank and Verena Zaisberger she won a bronze medal Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle team. [4]

Her first international individual medal came at the 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl. She won silver in the 50m Prone Rifle, finished 7th in the final of the 50m Three-Position Rifle and placed 34th in the 10m Air Rifle. [5] [6] [7]

At the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup she won the bronze medal in the 50m Prone Rifle. [8]

At the 2021 European Championships she won silver in the 50m rifle three-position mixed team with Gernot Rumpler, and bronze in the 50m rifle three-position women's team, alongside Franziska Peer and Olivia Hoffman. [9]

At the 2022 European Championships, she won the 50m prone rifle mixed team with Thomas Mathis. [10] [11]

At the 2023 World Championships, Waibel won team bronze in the Women's 50m Prone Rifle team event. [12] [13] In 2023, Waibel won the national inter-state team match competing for Vorarlberg with Marlene Pribitzer and Yvonne Klocker. [14]


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