Dawn Kobayashi

Dawn Marie Kobayashi (born 18 June 1971 in Kingston) is a Jamaican sport shooter.[2] She has been selected to compete for Jamaica at the 2004 Summer Olympics, setting a historic milestone as the nation's first ever sport shooter after forty years.[1][3] Kobayashi trains for the Jamaica Air Rifle Association and the national team under the tutelage of Keith Hammond.[1]

Dawn Kobayashi
Personal information
Full nameDawn Marie Kobayashi
Nationality Jamaica
Born (1971-06-18) 18 June 1971
Kingston, Jamaica
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
ClubJamaica Air Rifle Association[1]
Coached byKeith Hammond (national)[1]

Kobayashi qualified as a lone shooter for the Jamaican squad in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She had been granted an Olympic invitation for her country by the ISSF and the IOC, having registered a minimum qualifying score of 391 from her eight-place finish at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[1][4][5] Kobayashi shot a decent 383 out of a possible 400 to force in a two-way tie with Nicaragua's Svitlana Kashchenko for forty-first place in the qualifying round, finishing just eight points off her entry best.[6][7]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Dawn Kobayashi". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dawn Kobayashi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "JRA Shooting For Olympics". The Gleaner. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. Tucker, Elton (30 July 2004). "Olympic squad named – Tayna Lawrence and Kerron Stewart included". Jamaica Star. Archived from the original on 22 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. Tucker, Elton (15 August 2004). "Rough going for J'cans". Sports Jamaica. Retrieved 31 August 2015.


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