Gabriele Bühlmann

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Gabriele Bühlmann
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1964-04-27) 27 April 1964 (age 59)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportShooting
Events
Coached byHeinz Reinkemeier
Retired2004

Gabriele "Gaby" Bühlmann (born 27 April 1964, in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss rifle shooter who competed at five Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004.

Shooting career[edit]

Bühlmann won 14 ISSF World Cup medals between 1987 and 2002, competing at four World Cup Finals.[1] She competed at three ISSF World Championships, with a best finish of fourth in the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle at the 1994 Chamhionships.[1]

She is, jointly with equestrian Markus Fuchs, the seventh Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics,[1] after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul Accola.

Coaching career[edit]

She is the coach of 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal-winning 10m air-rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra.[2][3] She is co-author of Ways of the Rifle, a seminal coaching book on ISSF rifle disciplines.[4]


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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Athlete - Gaby BUEHLMANN". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. ^ "The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Sports | Silent killer owes it to his coach". The Telegraph. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008.
  3. ^ Sharda Ugra (1 July 2016). "Abhinav Bindra's historic solo". ESPN.in. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ^ Gaby Bühlmann; Heinz Reinkemeier; Maik Eckhardt. Ways of the rifle. ISBN 3-98-097461-8. Archived from the original (Book) on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

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