Elizabeta Karabolli
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Elizabeta Karabolli (Karabolli was her maiden name, her married name is Elizabeta Nishica), born 1958, is an Albanian-American sport shooter, who became the European Champion in air pistol, representing Albania.[1] She was the first ever European champion from Albania in any sport.[2]
Sports career
She competed in the European Championship three times doing successively better each time. In 1977 she took home the Bronze Medal from Rome, Italy. In 1978 she won the Silver Medal at the championships held at Hämeenlinna, Finland, and in 1979 she became the first Albanian to win a European Championship in pistol shooting when she took home the Gold Medal from Frankfurt am Main, Germany.[3]
Naturalized as US citizen, and at the age of 50, Karabolli won the U.S. title in 2008 in the Women's Sport Pistol event.[4]
References
- ^ Albanian Sports, Albanian Canadian League Information Service, December 2004, archived from the original on 7 July 2011, retrieved 17 June 2010
- ^ Giovanni Armillotta: ELISABETA KARABOLLI The Road of the Victory The first European Champion of All Albanian Sports
- ^ ISSF Website results: Search by 1. Championship=ECH; 2. Year=1979; 3. City=Frankfurt; 4. Event=25m Pistol Women
- ^ []http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Shooting/Features/2008/July/01/SHOOTING-Nishica-Szarenski-Emmons-and-Sowash-Capture-National-Titles-at-Rifle-Pistol-National-Championships July 1, 2008 USA Shooting SHOOTING: Nishica, Szarenski, Emmons and Sowash Capture National Titles at Rifle/Pistol National Championships