Olga Gennadyevna Kuznetsova
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n sport shooter, specializing in the pistol
s event. She won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in the 10 metre air pistol event. She competed at three Olympic Games: 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Samara, Russia
Samara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...
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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...
s event. She won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in the 10 metre air pistol event. She competed at three Olympic Games: 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Olympic results
| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 metre air pistol | Gold 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... 389+101.1 |
5th Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air pistol -Qualification round:DNF Did not finish – EOR Equalled Olympic record – Q Qualified for final-Final:... 386+96.4 |
9th 383 |
| 25 metre pistol | — | 15th 578 |
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