Launi Meili
Appearance
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Full name | Launi Kay Meili | ||||||||||||||
Born | June 4, 1963 Spokane, Washington, U.S. | (age 61)||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Launi Kay Meili (born June 4, 1963 in Spokane, Washington)[1] is an American sports 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. In 2008 she was appointed rifle coach at the United States Air Force Academy.
Olympic results | ||
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Event | 1988 | 1992 |
50 metre rifle three positions | 7th 582+94.5 |
Gold 587+97.3 |
10 metre air rifle | 6th 395+98.3 |
11th 391 |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Launi Meili". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Shooting". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- American female sport shooters
- United States Distinguished Marksman
- ISSF rifle shooters
- Nebraska Cornhuskers coaches
- Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic shooters of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- American sport shooting Olympic medalist stubs