Marina Logvinenko
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Shakhty
Shakhty is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the southeastern spur of Donetsk mountain ridge, northeast of Rostov-on-Don. Its population was 240,152 per the preliminary results of the 2010 Census; up from 222,592 recorded in the 2002 Census....

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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n sport shooter, specializing in the pistol
Pistol
When distinguished as a subset of handguns, a pistol is a handgun with a chamber that is integral with the barrel, as opposed to a revolver, wherein the chamber is separate from the barrel as a revolving cylinder. Typically, pistols have an effective range of about 100 feet.-History:The pistol...

 events. She competed at four Olympic Games and won five Olympic medals. At 1992 Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

, she won both the 10 metre air pistol and 25 metre pistol event. She is the only woman to win two shooting gold medals during one Olympics
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

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Olympic results

Event 1988 1992 1996 2000
10 metre air pistol Bronze
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air pistol
Women's 10 metre air pistol made its first Olympic appearance at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was a high-class competition, where 19-year-old Nino Salukvadze, who had won the 25 metre pistol competition two days earlier, set a new world record in the qualification round, with 390 of 400 points...


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Gold
Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air pistol
Women's 10 metre air pistol was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic competition after the introduction of the new target in 1989, and thus two Olympic records were set. The defending champion, Jasna Šekarić, established the first when taking a...


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Silver
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air pistol
Women's 10 metre air pistol was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Olga Klochneva won the event on a new Olympic record, and the defending champion, Marina Logvinenko, completed the Russian double by defeating Mariya Grozdeva in a shoot-off for the silver...


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25 metre pistol 8th
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 25 metre pistol
Women's 25 metre pistol was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the second installment of the event, the first to feature final shooting, and the last with the old rapid-fire target. 19-year-old Nino Salukvadze won the competition and her first Olympic medal...


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Gold
Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 25 metre pistol
Women's 25 metre pistol was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic competition after the introduction of the new rapid fire target in 1989, and thus two Olympic records were set, both by Marina Logvinenko.-Qualification round:OR Olympic record – Q...


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Bronze
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 25 metre pistol
Women's 25 metre pistol was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Li Duihong won the competition and set two new Olympic records.-Qualification round:OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final...


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9th
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Records

Current world records held in 10 metre air pistol
Women (ISSF)
Current world records held in 25 metre pistol
Women (CISM)

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