Veronika Major
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Born | Keszthely, Hungary | 19 March 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sport shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Veronika Major (born 19 March 1997) is a Hungarian sports shooter.[1] She competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[2] and won bronze medal in the women's 25 metre pistol event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]
Career
[edit]As a Junior, Major was successful in Running Target Air Rifle shooting, winning medals at three world championships and becoming Junior Women's World Champion in 2014 and 2016.[4][5]
In 2019 she became European Champion in 50m Running Target mixed.[6]
As Running Target is not an Olympic discipline, she switched to Olympic pistol events as a senior, winning gold medals in both 10m Air Pistol and 25m Sport Pistol during the 2019 ISSF World Cup series.[7]
In 2022 she again performed strongly, winning Silver medals in 25m Sport Pistol at the 2022 ISSF World Cup matches in Baku and Cairo.
This run of performance continued into 2023 with three gold medals in Rio de Janeiro and Cairo for both 25m pistol and 10m air pistol.[8]
In September 2023, Major won the Hungarian national championship in 25 metre pistol.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Veronika Major". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Shooting - Qualification Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "25m Pistol Women's Final Results". Paris 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Athletes - Veronika MAJOR". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Veronika Major secures Hungary's first Gold at the ISSF Running Target World Championship". International Shooting Sport Federation. 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Major Veronika Eb-aranyérmes futócéllövésben". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). Duna Médiaszolgáltató. 14 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Veronika Major: changing style, to fulfill an Olympic dream". International Shooting Sport Federation. 26 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Major Veronika aranyérmes a riói sportlövő világkupán". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). Duna Médiaszolgáltató. 17 September 2023. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Major Veronika nyert 25 méteren a sportlövő országos bajnokságon". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). Duna Médiaszolgáltató. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Hungarian female sport shooters
- Olympic shooters for Hungary
- Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Keszthely
- European Games competitors for Hungary
- Shooters at the 2019 European Games
- 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen
- Shooters at the 2023 European Games
- ISSF rifle shooters
- ISSF pistol shooters
- Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Hungarian sport shooting biography stubs