Yelena Struchayeva

Yelena Struchayeva (Kazakh: Елена Стручаева; born January 5, 1965 in Almaty) is a Kazakhstani sport shooter.[1] Struchaeva qualified for the women's trap as a 43-year-old at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the gold medal from the 2007 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City, Kuwait.[2] She scored a total of 69 points after firing three sets of 25 targets and receiving six misses in the qualifying round of the competition.[3] She added seventeen more shots to obtain a total of 86 points in the final, but missed out of the bronze medal triumph to United States' Corey Cogdell in a four-person shoot-off. In the end, Struchaeva finished the event in sixth place, after losing out in a fifth-place match against Lithuania's Daina Gudzinevičiūtė.[4][5]

Yelena Struchayeva
Personal information
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1965-01-05) 5 January 1965
Almaty, Kazakh SSR
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Struchaeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. "Chinese shooters continue gold spree with record breaking shows". Xinhua News Agency. China Daily. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. "Women's Trap Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  4. "Women's Trap Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  5. "American Cogdell earns a bronze". The Associated Press. NBC Olympics. 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.


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