Susanne Kiermayer
Susanne Kiermayer (born July 22, 1968 in Zwiesel ) is a German sportswoman , her greatest success was winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in the double trap competition.
Career
Kiermayer was the first German champion in clay target shooting in the trap discipline in 1988 . Up until the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , the throwing pigeon competitions for men and women were held together, when a separate women's competition was introduced afterwards with the double trap, Kiermayer's international career began. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , she finished second in a double trap behind the American Kim Rhode . In the next few years, Kiermayer won the European Trap and Double Trap Championships several times. At the 2000 Olympic Games , she was fifth in trap and ninth in double trap. Four years later she was in Athens in 2004 she was again fifth in the trap. In 2008 , Kiermayer was eighth in the trap at the Summer Olympics in Beijing . In 2010 she ended her sporting career as the reigning European champion.
Kiermayer started for the WTC Bayerwald and was German champion a total of 14 times. The trained hotel specialist signed up for the German Armed Forces in 1994 in order to have better training opportunities. She lives in Kirchberg in the forest . As the general spokesperson for the activities, she was the national team's advocate for many years and represented the interests of top athletes within the association, but also in other national committees. At the 56th German Shooting Day in Lübeck-Travemünde she was elected Vice President of the German Shooting Federation. Your tasks in the Presidium are top-class sport, anti-doping and disabled sport.
Also in the world association for sport shooting, the International Shooting Sport Federation, she stood for 8 years in the athletes committee until the end of her sporting career for the interests of the shooters worldwide.
She received the highest national award in sport, the silver laurel leaf , from the Federal President twice.
International medals
singles
- Olympic Games 1996 silver double trap
- World Cup Finals 1996 Silver Double Trap
- European championship 1996 silver double trap and bronze trap
- European Championship 1997 Silver Trap
- World Cup finals 1997 silver double trap
- 1998 World Championship Silver Trap
- European championship 1998 silver trap and silver double trap
- European Championship 1999 gold double trap
- World Cup Final 1999 Gold Double Trap
- European championship 2000 gold double trap and bronze trap
- European Championship 2001 bronze double trap
- European Championship 2003 bronze double trap
- European Championship 2004 bronze double trap
- World number one 2007 trap
- European Championship 2008 Gold Trap
- European Championship 2010 Gold Trap
team
- World Championship 1993 Silver Trap
- European Championship 1993 Bronze Trap
- World Championship 1994 Bronze Trap
- European Championship 1994 Silver Trap and Bronze Double Trap
- European Championship 1997 Gold Trap
- World Championship 1998 Bronze Trap
- European Championship 1999 bronze double trap
- European Championship 2000 Silver Trap
- European Championship 2001 silver double trap and bronze trap
German championships
- Trap: 1988, 1995, 2000, 2001
- Double trap: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Athens 2004. The German Olympic team. Frankfurt am Main 2004
Web links
- Kiermayer at the German Rifle Federation
- Susanne Kiermayer in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kiermayer, Susanne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports shooter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwiesel |