Yelena Struchayeva
Kazakhstani sport shooter
1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)Yelena Struchayeva (Kazakh: Елена Стручаева; born January 5, 1965, in Alma-Ata) is a Kazakhstani sport shooter.[1] Struchaeva qualified for the women's trap as a 43-year-old at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the gold medal from the 2007 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City, Kuwait.[2] She scored a total of 69 points after firing three sets of 25 targets and receiving six misses in the qualifying round of the competition.[3] She added seventeen more shots to obtain a total of 86 points in the final, but missed out of the bronze medal triumph to United States' Corey Cogdell in a four-person shoot-off. In the end, Struchaeva finished the event in sixth place, after losing out in a fifth-place match against Lithuania's Daina Gudzinevičiūtė.[4][5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Struchaeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Chinese shooters continue gold spree with record breaking shows". Xinhua News Agency. China Daily. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Women's Trap Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Women's Trap Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "American Cogdell earns a bronze". The Associated Press. NBC Olympics. 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
External links
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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