Carina Wimmer
{{Short description|German sport shooter (born 1995)}}
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Carina Wimmer (born 27 August 1995 in Mühldorf, Bavaria) is a German pistol sport shooter. She will compete for Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics, participating in the women's 10 metre air pistol and the mixed 10 metre air pistol team events.
Biography
Carina Wimmer was born on 27 August 1995 in Mühldorf, Bavaria. She began sport shooting at the age of 10 with her sister.{{cite web |title=Maiden Gold for Carina Wimmer at European Shooting Championship |url=https://www.indianshooting.com/fnews/maiden-gold-for-carina-wimmer-at-european-shooting-championship/ |website=Indian Shooting |access-date=22 July 2021 |date=25 May 2021}} Wimmer is currently{{when|date=May 2022}} a student at the Technical University of Munich perusing a Master of Health Science after receiving her bachelor's degree in health science.{{cite web |last1=Czechofsky |first1=Sabrina |title=Sports shooter Carina Wimmer Air pistol and small caliber |url=https://www.tum.de/en/studinews/issue-022018/show/article/detail/News/34596/neste/1/ |website=Technical University of Munich |access-date=22 July 2021 |location=Munich |language=en |date=25 April 2018}}
Career
=2021 European Shooting Championships=
At the 2021 European Shooting Championships in Osijek, Croatia, Wimmer competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event and came first with 242.3 points, ahead of Russian Vitalina Batsarashkina and French Celine Goberville who achieved 242.0 and 218.6 points respectively.{{cite web |title=RESULTS BOOK |url=http://esc-shooting.org/u/calendar_result/2021/06/results_book___ech2021_osijek_v1_2.pdf |website=European Shooting Championship |access-date=22 July 2021 |location=Osijek |format=PDF |date=6 June 2021}} Wimmer also participated on Germany's 25 metre pistol team at the championships with Doreen Vennekamp and Monika Karsch. The team won their final match against Bulgaria, clinching gold. Her gold medals granted her a quota spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Deutscher Schützenbund: OS Wimmer |url=https://www.dsb.de/schiesssport/kader/luft-sportpistole/wimmer-carina/ |website=DSB Schiesssport |access-date=22 July 2021 |language=German}}
=2021 ISSF World Cup=
At the 2021 ISSF World Cup in Osijek, Wimmer placed second in the women's 10 metre air pistol event,{{cite web |title=Weltcup Osijek: Wimmer bestätigt EM-Leistung eindrucksvoll |url=https://www.dsb.de/aktuelles/artikel/news/weltcup-osijek-wimmer-bestaetigt-em-leistung-eindrucksvoll |website=Deutscher Schützenbund e.V. |access-date=22 July 2021 |location=Osijek |language=de-de |date=26 June 2021}} scoring 237.5 points, 2.5 points behind first place Bulgarian Antoaneta Kostadinova.{{cite web |title=Result 10m Air Pistol Women |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=3061&resultkey=3b3b303b41503630573b303b463b493b313b303b30 |website=ISSF |access-date=22 July 2021 |location=Osijek |date=24 June 2021}} She was also a member of Germany's women's air pistol team with Sandra Reitz and Andrea Katharina Heckner. In the gold medal match on 25 June 2021, the team ended up six points short of beating the Bulgarian team, winning the silver medal.{{cite web |title=Result Air Pistol Team Women |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=3061&resultkey=3b3b303b41505445414d573b303b473b543b313b303b30 |website=ISSF |access-date=22 July 2021 |location=Osijek |date=25 June 2021}}
=2020 Summer Olympics=
After her performance at the 2021 European Shooting Championships and 2021 ISSF World Cup, she qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, whose events were postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She will compete for Germany in the women's 10 metre air pistol and the mixed 10 metre air pistol team events. Wimmer is paired in the latter event with two-time Olympic medalist Christian Reitz.{{cite web |last1=Wotruba |first1=Claus-Dieter |title=Nicht alles glänzte für Reitz und Co. |url=https://www.mittelbayerische.de/sport-nachrichten/nicht-alles-glaenzte-fuer-reitz-und-co-21510-art2017801.html |website=Mittelbayerische Zeitung |access-date=22 July 2021 |location=Osijek |language=de |date=2 July 2021}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Mühldorf
Category:Sport shooters from Upper Bavaria
Category:Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic shooters for Germany