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.
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| Full name | Lin Yi-chun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kitty[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Chinese Taipei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 July 1981 Taoyuan (now Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Trap (TR75) Double trap (DT120) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tsai Hsi Cheng[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "ISSF Profile – Lin Yi-chun". ISSF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Asian Games: China dominates shooting, Taiwan bags bronze in trap". Taipei Times. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Shooting: double trap (120 targets) – Qualification Round". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "ISSF World Cup Beijing: Heiden Shines for the Silver". USA Shooting. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "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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