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not included in the Olympic program: 1912 Stockholm details [c] Alfred Lane United States: Paul Palén Sweden: Johan Hübner von Holst Sweden: 1920 Antwerp [d] not included in the Olympic program: 1924 Paris details: Henry Bailey United States: Vilhelm Carlberg Sweden: Lennart Hannelius Finland: 1928 Amsterdam: not included in the Olympic ...
For instance, only five women competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, while the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which introduced women-only events, featured 77 female competitors. Two women won medals in mixed events: Margaret Murdock, silver in rifle 3 positions (1976) and Zhang Shan, gold in skeet (1992).
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2001. pp. 42– 43. ISBN 0-9579616-1-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-11 "Shooting Official Results Book". Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad (PDF). Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004. August 2004. pp. 56– 57. ISBN 960-88101-7-5
Margaret Thompson Murdock (born August 25, 1942) is a nurse and former United States Army officer most widely known for her success in international shooting competitions, including a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Murdock is the first woman to win a medal in shooting at the Summer Olympics and the first to win an individual open ...
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California, United States. The games marked the first time that women’s shooting events were included in the Olympic program.
Launi Kay Meili (born June 4, 1963, in Spokane, Washington) [1] is an American sport shooter and Olympic champion from Cheney, Washington. She won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [2] Following her Olympic career, she coached the all-woman University of Nebraska rifle team to the co-ed NCAA National Championship.
She is the most successful female shooter at the Olympics as the only triple Olympic Champion and the only woman to have won two Olympic gold medals for Double Trap. She won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics , equaling the world record of 99 out of 100 clays. [ 2 ]
Sports shooting Mary Anne Schweitzer (born March 15, 1961) is an American sports shooter . She competed in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics .