Teo Shun Xie

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Teo Shun Xie
Personal information
Full nameTeo Shun Xie
Born (1988-09-30) 30 September 1988 (age 36)
Singapore
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
Coached byZhen Tingling
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Asian Airgun Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Daegu 10 m air pistol team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Glasgow AP40
Southeast Asia Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Singapore 10 metre air pistol

Teo Shun Xie (born 30 September 1988) is a Singaporean sport shooter. [1] In 2014, Teo set a final meet record in the women's air pistol to claim her first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. [2]

Teo trains for the Singaporean national team under coach Anatoly Babushkin. [1] [3]

Teo made her international debut at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, claiming the silver medal in the women's 10 m air pistol. [1] Teo's success in marksmanship came at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland by the following year. There, she notched the final Games record score of 198.6 points ahead of India's Malaika Goel and Canada's 2012 Olympian Dorothy Ludwig to win her first gold medal in the women's air pistol. [2] [4]

When Singapore hosted the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, Teo scored 199.0 in the air pistol final by a 2.3-point lead over Thailand's Pim-on Klaisuban to win the gold medal. [5]

Leading up to her Olympic debut, Teo had finished sixth with 12 points in the semifinal stage of the women's sport pistol (25 m), but managed to secure one of the available berths to the Games for Singapore at the 2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament in New Delhi, India. [6]

At the Rio Olympics 2016, she clinched the 37th place for the 10m Women's Air Pistol event and 29th place for the 25m Women's Air Pistol event. [7] [8]

In 2022, Teo won the women's 25m pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Grand Prix held at Jakarta, Indonesia. [9]

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