| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Maria Faka |
| Nationality |  Greece |
| Born | (1983-10-25) 25 October 1983 (age 41) Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event | 10 m air rifle (AR40) |
| Club | Arhelaos Katerinis |
| Coached by | Konstantinos Myrotis |
Maria Faka (Greek: Μαρία Φάκα; born January 2, 1979, in Thessaloniki) is a Greek sport shooter. She was selected as one of eleven shooters to represent the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and had yielded numerous top 25 finishes in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships. Faka trains at Arhelaos Katerinis Shooting Club in Katerini under the tutelage of Konstantinos Myrotis.
Faka was named as part of the host nation's shooting team to compete in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She had registered a minimum qualifying score of 393 from her outside-final finish at the ISSF World Cup meet in Changwon, South Korea to fill in one of the Olympic berths reserved to the host nation. Faka shot a decent 388 out of a possible 400 to tie for thirty-third place with Belgium's Daisy de Bock, Denmark's Ann Spejlsgaard, and Egypt's Shimaa Abdel-Latif in the qualifying round, failing to advance further to the final.
References
- ^ "ISSF Profile – Maria Faka". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Faka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- "Ισοφάρισε το ρεκόρ... ξανά" [Faka matches her own record again] (in Greek). OnSports.gr. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- Kostas, Sotirios (28 April 2002). "Το ολυμπιακό βάθρο σημαδεύουν οι σκοπευτές" [Shooters aimed for the Olympic podium] (in Greek). To Vima. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- "Εκτός τελικού Σμυρλή και Φακά στα 10μ. αεροβόλου τουφεκιού" [No finals for Smirli and Faka in the 10 m air rifle] (in Greek). In.gr. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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