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Olga Desyatskaya

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Olga Desyatskaya
Personal information
Full nameOlga Viktorovna Desyatskaya
Nationality Russia
Born (1987-05-18) 18 May 1987 (age 37)
Bryansk, Russian SFSR
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)

Olga Viktorovna Desyatskaya (Russian: Ольга Викторовна Десятская; born May 18, 1987, in Bryansk) is a Russian sport shooter.[1] She won a bronze medal for the 10 m air rifle at the 2008 European Shooting Championships in Winterthur, Switzerland, with a score of 500 points.[2]

Desyatskaya represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 10 m air rifle, along with her teammate Lioubov Galkina, who eventually won the silver medal in the final. She finished only in eighteenth place by one point behind Germany's Barbara Lechner from the third attempt, for a total score of 394 targets.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olga Desyatskaya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ "ISSF Profile – Olga Desyatskaya". ISSF. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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