Yelena Struchayeva
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Kazakhstan |
| Born |
5 January 1965 Almaty, Kazakh SSR |
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | Trap |
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]
References
- ↑ "Elena Struchaeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "Chinese shooters continue gold spree with record breaking shows". Xinhua News Agency. China Daily. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's Trap Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's Trap Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "American Cogdell earns a bronze". The Associated Press. NBC Olympics. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2012.