Daina Gudzinevičiūtė

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Olympic medal record
Women's Shooting
Gold	2000 Sydney	Trap

Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (born on December 23, 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 was 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 State Border Guard Service.