Martina Veloso

Martina Lindsay Veloso
Personal information
Nationality  Singapore
Born (1999-10-27) 27 October 1999
Singapore, Singapore Singapore
Height 1,60 m
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 10 m air rifle (AR40)
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Singapore
ISSF World Cup
2014 ISSF World Cup Women's 10 m Air Rifle
Summer Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing Girls' 10m Air Rifle

Martina Lindsay Veloso (born October 27, 1999 in Singapore) is a Singaporean sport shooter.[1] She won the gold medal in the 2014 ISSF World Cup in the 10 meters Air Rifle Women event and thus becoming the youngest ISSF shooter in getting one. She has also won the silver medal in 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[2]

Career

Veloso participated in the XX Commonweatlh Games celebrated in Glasgow, Scotland where she classificated second, with 414.9 points, earning a chance to compete in the finals. In the olympic final she ended placing fifth, with 143.4 points.[3]

She has won the golden medal in the 2014 ISSF World Cup that took place in Munich, Germany, achievement that made her the youngest medallist in the history of ISSF. To earn the gold medal she shooted 206.9 points beating the olympic champion Katerina Emmons.[4]

Veloso was the youngest shooting competitor in 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, she was only fourteen years. In the Girls' 10m Air Rifle competition she won the silver medal.[5] She classified in the fourth place by getting 415,7 points.[6] In the finals she shooted 207.2 to earn the silver medal.[7]

In 2015, at the 2015 ISSF Junior Cup held at Suhl, Germany, she won the bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle Women Junior Competition,[8] and the silver medal in 10m Air Rifle Women Junior Team competition.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "ISSF Portrait of the athlete - VELOSO, Martina Lindsay". ISSF. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nanjing 2014, Day 3: Women's 10m Air Rifle - Who can stop the baby champion?". International Shooting Sport Federation.
  3. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Martina Veloso Profile".
  4. ↑ "14-year old Veloso beat Olympic Champ Katerina Emmons to win air rifle Gold". International Shooting Sport Federation.
  5. ↑ "Martina Veloso: Getting used to the noise of success". International Shooting Sport Federation.
  6. ↑ "2nd Youth Olympic Games - Results 10m Air Rifle Women Qualification".
  7. ↑ "2nd Youth Olympic Games - Results 10m Air Rifle Women Finals".
  8. ↑ "2015 ISSF Junior Cup - Results 10m Air Rifle Women Junior". International Shooting Sport Federation.
  9. ↑ "Martina Veloso: Getting used to the noise of success". International Shooting Sport Federation.
  10. ↑ "2015 ISSF Junior Cup - Results 10m Air Rifle Women Junior Team competition". International Shooting Sport Federation.
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