Véronique Girardet

Véronique Girardet
Personal information
Nationality  France
Born (1965-09-10) 10 September 1965
Besançon, Doubs, France
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Skeet
Club ST Castillonnaise[1]
Coached by Bruno Rossetti, Antony Szewc[1]

Véronique Girardet (born September 10, 1965 in Besançon) is a French sport shooter.[2][1] She set a world record of 96 targets by winning the gold medal for women's skeet shooting at the 2005 ISSF World Championships in Lonato, Italy.[3]

At age forty-two, Girardet made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in women's skeet shooting. She placed sixteenth out of nineteen shooters in the qualifying rounds of the event, with a total score of 63 points.[4]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Girardet improved her performance from the previous games by hitting a total of 66 targets in women's skeet, finishing only in tenth place, behind Kazakhstan's Angelina Mishchuk.[5]

Girardet is also a member of ST Castillonnaise for the shooting class, and is coached and trained by Bruno Rossetti and Antony Szewc.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Veronique Girardet". London 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. "Véronique Girardet". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. Thomazeau, Francois (5 August 2008). "One-eyed shooter sets sight on gold". Reuters. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. "Women's Skeet Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  5. "Women's Skeet – Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

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