Daina Gudzinevičiūtė
 Gudzinevičiūtė at the YOG 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 December 1965 (age 58) Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (born 23 December 1965, in Vilnius)[1] is an Olympic shooting champion from Lithuania, president of the National Olympic Committee, and a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Shooting
[edit]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. This was one 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 their first medal at Sydney.
After the Sydney success it was expected that Gudzinevičiūtė 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 1st (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
| Olympic results | |||||
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| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
| Trap | Not held |  Gold71+22 |
14th 55 |
5th 69+17 |
14th 66 |
| Double trap | 10th 101 |
— | — | Not held | Not held |
Post-shooting career
[edit]After the Sydney games, she became popular in Lithuania. She was invited to host a documentary television show "Farai", which shows daily work of Lithuanian policemen. She also worked with the State Border Guard Service.
In 2012, she beat Virgilijus Alekna in the election for the president of the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania.[2]
In 2018, Gudzinevičiūtė became the first Lithuanian to be elected into IOC.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daina Gudzinevičiūtė". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ "LTOK prezidente tapusi šaulė D. Gudzinevičiūtė: "Krepšinis pamirštas nebus" (V. Aleknos komentaras) / Startai / Lrytas.lt". Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
External links
[edit]- News archive
- Daina Gudzinevičiūtė at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Daina Gudzinevičiūtė at Olympedia
- Daina Gudzinevičiūtė at Olympics.com
- Daina Gudzinevičiūtė at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)
Olympic champions in women's trap | |
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Soviet female sport shooters
- Lithuanian female sport shooters
- Olympic shooters for Lithuania
- Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Lithuania
- Trap and double trap shooters
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Sportspeople from Vilnius
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- International Olympic Committee members