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Lithuanian sport shooter
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė
Gudzinevičiūtė at the YOG 2018
Personal information
Born23 December 1965 (1965-12-23) (age 58)
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Lithuania
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Trap
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Lahti Trap
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1992 Istanbul Double Trap
Silver medal – second place 2005 Belgrade Trap
Silver medal – second place 2009 Osijek Trap
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Istanbul Trap
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Montecatini Terme Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Istanbul Trap
Gold medal – first place 1988 Istanbul Team

Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (born 23 December 1965, in Vilnius) is an Olympic shooting champion from Lithuania, president of the National Olympic Committee, and a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Shooting

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
Event 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Trap Not held 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
71+22 		14th
55 		5th
69+17 		14th
66
Double trap 10th
101 		— — Not held Not held

Post-shooting career

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.

In 2018, Gudzinevičiūtė became the first Lithuanian to be elected into IOC.

References

  1. 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.
  2. "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.

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Records
Preceded byFirst Olympic Women's Trap Qualification Record
71 points, 2000 Sydney 		Succeeded byItaly Jessica Rossi
2012 London
Preceded byFirst Olympic Women's Trap Final Record
93 points, 2000 Sydney 		Succeeded byNone (changed rules in 2005)
Olympic champions in women's trap
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