Lalita Yauhleuskaya (born 31 December 1963 in Sokol, Russia) is a professional sporting shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney representing Belarus and currently represents Australia in international competition.[1]
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's shooting | ||
Representing  Belarus
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2000 Sydney | 25 m pistol |
Representing  Australia
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2002 Manchester | Sport pistol |
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2002 Manchester | Sport pistol pairs |
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2002 Manchester | Air pistol |
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2006 Melbourne | 10 m pistol |
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2006 Melbourne | 10 m pistol pairs |
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2006 Melbourne | 25 m pistol |
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2006 Melbourne | 25 m pistol pairs |
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2010 Dehli | 25 m pistol pairs |
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2002 Manchester | Air pistol pairs |
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2014 Glasgow | 25 m pistol |
| Commonwealth Championships | ||
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2017 Brisbane | 25 m pistol |
Yauhleuskaya began competitive shooting at age 13. In 1986, representing the Soviet Union, she finished 5th in the women's 10 metre air pistol at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Suhl, Germany. Ten years later she was selected in the Belarusian team for the Atlanta Olympics where she placed 8th in the 10m air pistol. Four years later she picked up a bronze medal in the women's 25 metre pistol at the Sydney Olympics. She became an Australian citizen after the Sydney Olympics and represented her new country in Athens and Beijing. She was also selected for the Australian team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing 40th in the women's 10 m air pistol[2] and 17th in the women's 25 m pistol.[3] In 2014 Commonwealth Games, she clinched a bronze medal in women’s 25-metre pistol event.[4]
Shooting success runs in the family. Lalita’s son; Sergei Evglevski represents Australia and is very successful in his own right. He competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
References
edit- ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org.
- ^ "10m Air Pistol Results". olympic.org/. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "25m pistol". olympic.org/. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat wins gold, Anisa Sayyed silver, Lalita Yauhleuskaya Bronze". news.biharprabha.com. Indo-Asian News Service. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
External links
edit- Lalita Yauhleuskaya at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Lalita Yauhleuskaya at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Lalita Milshina-Yauhleuskaya at Olympedia
- Lalita Yauhleuskaya at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Lalita Yauhleuskaya at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Lalita Yauhleuskaya at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Lalita Yauhleuskaya at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Lalita Yauhleuskaya at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)