Lin Yi-chun (sport shooter)

Lin Yi-chun
Personal information
Full nameLin Yi-chun
NicknameKitty[1]
Nationality Chinese Taipei
Born (1981-07-05) 5 July 1981 (age 43)
Taoyuan (now Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap (TR75)
Double trap (DT120)
Coached byTsai Hsi Cheng[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Chinese Taipei
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lahti Double trap
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku Trap
Silver medal – second place 2001 Cairo Double trap
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Trap
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kuwait City Trap
Silver medal – second place 2007 Kuwait City Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha Trap team
Asian Shotgun Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kuala Lumpur Trap
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Yi-chun (Chinese: 林 怡君; pinyin: Lín Yíjūn; born July 5, 1981, in Taoyuan (now Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City)) 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] She won gold at the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in trap.

Representing Chinese Taipei, Lin made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's double trap only. 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). She finished in fourth place, narrowly missing out on 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, one point behind Australia's Susan Trindall after 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 at 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, one point ahead of U.S. shooter and Beijing bronze medalist Corey Cogdell. She finished in tenth place.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lin Yi-chun". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. 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 18 April 2020. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Shooting: double trap (120 targets) – Qualification Round". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. 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". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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