Lauryn Mark
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Lauryn Mark is an Olympic
Women's Skeet
shooter from Australia
. She finished fourth in Women's Skeet in the 2004 Summer Olympics
and won three gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
and the 2006 Commonwealth Games
. In 1999, she became the youngest competitor ever to win the United States Open Women’s Skeet Championship. After marrying Australia's OAM
Russell Mark
, Lauryn decided to compete for Australia, where she currently resides.
Lauryn has five Australian National Women's Skeet
Championships to her name and is now preparing for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London
.
started a team building activity business in 2002 named Corporate Shooting Stars. Lauryn and Russell cater for all organisations that want to try clay target shooting as a team bonding activity. They also offer additional services such as coaching, bucks and hens parties and come and try days, ideal for all beginners who want to try the sport of clay target shooting.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
Women's Skeet
Olympic Skeet
Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
shooter from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. She finished fourth in Women's Skeet in the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
and won three gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
and the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
. In 1999, she became the youngest competitor ever to win the United States Open Women’s Skeet Championship. After marrying Australia's OAM
OAM
OAM is an acronym that may refer to:*OA&M, Operations, Administration, and Maintenance*Oamaru Aerodrome, New Zealand*Object access method*Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca, an observatory in Spain*U.S...
Russell Mark
Russell Mark
Russell Andrew Mark, OAM is an Australian Trap and Double Trap shooter and Olympic Champion. He won the Olympic gold medal in Double Trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won a silver Olympic medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
, Lauryn decided to compete for Australia, where she currently resides.
Lauryn has five Australian National Women's Skeet
Skeet
Skeet may refer to:* Clay pigeon shooting, a target sport** Skeet shooting, a discipline of the sport*** Olympic skeet, a variant of the discipline*** Skeet Shoot, a skeet shooting video game for the Atari 2600 produced by Apollo...
Championships to her name and is now preparing for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Business career
Lauryn and her husband RussellRussell Mark
Russell Andrew Mark, OAM is an Australian Trap and Double Trap shooter and Olympic Champion. He won the Olympic gold medal in Double Trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won a silver Olympic medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
started a team building activity business in 2002 named Corporate Shooting Stars. Lauryn and Russell cater for all organisations that want to try clay target shooting as a team bonding activity. They also offer additional services such as coaching, bucks and hens parties and come and try days, ideal for all beginners who want to try the sport of clay target shooting.