Sarah Hornung

Sarah Hornung (born April 14, 1996 in Vaud) is a Swiss sport shooter.[1] She won a gold medal in the girls' 10 m air rifle at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, and then collected a silver on her senior debut at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, securing her a place on the Swiss shooting squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Hornung trains for the shooting team at the sport club Bueren an der Aare in her native Denges under her personal coach Roger Chassat.[2]

Sarah Hornung
Personal information
Full nameSarah Hornung
Nationality  Switzerland
Born (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996
Vaud, Switzerland
Height1.51 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight43 kg (95 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
ClubSC Bueren an der Aare[1]
Coached byRoger Chassat[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing   Switzerland
Summer Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing AR40
European Games
2015 Baku AR40

Hornung started off her competitive shooting career at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where she took home the gold medal in the girls' 10 m air rifle with an impressive score of 207.8, beating Singapore's Martina Veloso by a slight 0.6-point margin.[3][4]

On her senior debut at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, Hornung battled against the Serbian shooter and 2012 Olympian Andrea Arsović for the gold medal in the women's 10 m air rifle final, but narrowly missed a hit by a slimmest 0.1-point margin, ending up with a silver at a European junior record of 207.7.[5] With Arsović having previously booked her Olympic place from the World Cup series, Hornung earned a spot for the Swiss squad and is expected to compete for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[6][7]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Sarah Hornung". ISSF. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. "Simon Beyeler und Heidi Diethelm Gerber verpassen Finaleinzug knapp" [Simon Beyeler and Heidi Diethelm Gerber just missed the finals] (in German). Swiss Shooting Association. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. "Olympia-Gold für Sportschützin Sarah Hornung" [Olympic gold for sport shooter Sarah Hornung] (in German). Swiss Olympic Association. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. "European bronze Hornung beats World Cup bronze Veloso to win Air Rifle in Nanjing". ISSF. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. "Belarus, Serbia and Spain nail first European Games Gold medals ever". ISSF. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. "Andrea Arsovic wins women's 10m air rifle". Baku 2015. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. "Silber für die Schützin Sarah Hornung" [Silver for shooter Sarah Hornung] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.


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