- Daina Gudzinevičiūtė
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Olympic medal record Women's Shooting Gold 2000 Sydney Trap Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (born on 23 December 1965) is an Olympic shooting champion from Lithuania.
Trap shooting for women was first introduced in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Gudzinevičiūtė scored 71 hits in the qualifying round and then hit 22 out of 25 targets in the final. It came out to be 1 more than Delphine Racinet's score. As the event was held in the Olympic Games for the first time, Gudzinevičiūtė also set an Olympic record. It was a very unexpected victory for Lithuania and the first medal at Sydney.
After the Sydney success it was expected that Daina would perform well in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but she scored only 55 hits and landed on the 14th place among 17 contestants. She complained about the weather with strong gusts which was an obstacle for all shooters: the best result (after the final) was just 88.
Other results:
- 1988 Europe championship 2nd (under the Soviet Union flag)
- 1989 World championship 1st
- 1992 Europe championship 2nd, 3rd
- 1994 World championship 4th
- 2001 Special World championship in Cairo 9th
- 2002 World championship in Lahti 2nd
- 2003 "Grand Prix" in Cyprus 2nd
- 2004 World Cup in Athens 11th
- 2005 Europe championship in Belgrade 2nd
She currently ranked as top 26 trap shooter by the International Shooting Sport Federation. In 2002 she ranked second.
After the Sydney games she became popular in Lithuania. She was invited to host a documentary television show "Farai" (English: cops). It follows the daily lives of Lithuanian policemen. She is also working with the State Border Guard Service.
Olympic results Event 1996 2000 2004 2008 Trap Not held Gold
71+2214th
555th
69+17Double trap 10th
101— — Not held External links
Olympic champions in women's trap Categories:- 1965 births
- Living people
- Lithuanian sport shooters
- Olympic shooters of Lithuania
- Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Lithuania
- Trap and double trap shooters
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- People from Vilnius
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