Tao Luna
Encyclopedia
Tao Luna is a female Chinese
sports shooter
who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
and in the 2004 Summer Olympics
. In 2000 she won the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol competition and the silver medal in the women's 25 metre pistol competition.
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
sports shooter
Shooting sports
A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
and 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...
. In 2000 she won the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol competition and the silver medal in the women's 25 metre pistol competition.
Olympic results
| Event | 2000 | 2004 |
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| 25 metre pistol | Silver Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 25 metre pistol -Qualification round:OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final-Final:The final consisted of ten precision shots, with a time limit of 75 seconds per shot.OR Olympic record... 590+99.8 |
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| 10 metre air pistol | Gold Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air pistol -Qualification round:DNF Did not finish – EOR Equalled Olympic record – Q Qualified for final-Final:... 390+98.2 |
38th 366 |
Records
| Current world records held in 25 m Pistol 25 m Pistol 25 metre pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 metre center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sport pistol instead of the larger-caliber guns men used... |
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| Current world records held in 10 m Air Pistol 10 m Air Pistol 10 metre air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation . It is similar to 10 metre air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm caliber air guns at a distance of 10 metres , and the programme consists of 60 shots within 105 minutes... |
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