Monika Rieder (born 16 August 1974, in Rüti) is a Swiss sport shooter.[2] She has been selected to compete for Switzerland in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained top eight finishes in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships.[1] Rieder trains under Polish-born head coach and four-time Olympian Krzysztof Kucharczyk for the national team, while shooting at Bubikon Pistol Shooting Range (German: Pistolschützen Bubikon) on the outskirts of her hometown Rüti.[1][3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Monika Rieder |
| Nationality |  Switzerland |
| Born | 16 August 1974 Rüti, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP40) 25 m pistol (SP) |
| Club | Pistolschützen Bubikon[1] |
| Coached by | Krzysztof Kucharczyk[1] |
Rieder qualified for the Swiss squad in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 383 in air pistol to join with her fellow markswoman Cornelia Frölich and fill in the Olympic quota place won by Angela Schuler from the 2003 European Championships for Switzerland, after finishing fourth in an Olympic test event at the ISSF World Cup meet few months earlier.[4][5] In her signature event, the 10 m air pistol, Rieder fired a frustrating 366 out of a possible 400 to force in a two-way tie with China's defending Olympic champion Tao Luna for thirty-eighth place.[6] Two days later, Rieder recompensed her bitter air pistol feat to shoot a brilliant 293 in precision and a lowly 275 in the rapid fire stage for a tally of 568 points in the 25 m pistol, but her results were good enough to put her in twenty-ninth position out of thirty-seven shooters.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Monika Rieder". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Monika Rieder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Mägli, Peter (9 September 2014). "Nachrichten aus dem Schiesssport" [News from the sport shooting] (in German). Anzeiger von Uster. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Olympia: Fünf weitere Selektionen für Athen 2004" [Olympics: Five more athletes for Athens 2004] (in German). News.ch. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Shooting: Women's 25m Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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