Lin Yi-chun

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Lin Yi-chun
Personal information
NicknameKitty[1]
Nationality Chinese Taipei
Born (1981-07-05) 5 July 1981 (age 42)
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap, double trap
Coached byTsai Hsi Cheng[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Trap
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lahti Double trap
Silver medal – second place 2001 Cairo Double trap

Template:Chinese-name Lin Yi-chun (Chinese: 林 怡君; pinyin: Lín Yíjūn; born July 5, 1981 in Taoyuan) is a Taiwanese sport shooter.[1][2] She won two medals, gold and silver, in the women's double trap, at the 2001 and 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt and Lahti, Finland, respectively.[3] She also captured a bronze medal in the women's trap at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, accumulating a score of 80 clay pigeons and a bonus of 1 target from a shoot-off.[4]

Representing Chinese Taipei, Lin made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed only in the women's double trap. She scored a total of 134 targets (100 in the preliminary rounds and 34 in the final), and a bonus of 14 from a shoot-off (against Canada's Cynthia Meyer in her respective event, finishing only in fourth place, and narrowly missing out of the medal by five points behind defending Olympic champion Kim Rhode.[5][3] At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Lin placed eighth in the qualifying rounds of the women's double trap by one point behind Australia's Susan Trindall from the final attempt, accumulating a score of 106 targets.[6]

Eight years after competing in her last Olympics, Lin qualified for her third Chinese Taipei team, as a 31-year-old, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing third in the women's trap from the 2011 ISSF World Cup series in Beijing, China.[7] She scored a total of 68 clay pigeons in the qualifying rounds of the women's trap by one point ahead of U.S. shooter Corey Cogdell from the final attempt, finishing only in tenth place.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lin Yi-chun". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lin Yi-chun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b "ISSF Profile – Lin Yi-chun". ISSF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Asian Games: China dominates shooting, Taiwan bags bronze in trap". Taipei Times. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Sydney 2000: Women's Double Trap" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 94–95. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Shooting: double trap (120 targets) – Qualification Round". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  7. ^ "ISSF World Cup Beijing: Heiden Shines for the Silver". USA Shooting. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Women's Trap Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

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