Daina Gudzinevičiūtė

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| name = Daina Gudzinevičiūtė

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| caption = Gudzinevičiūtė at the YOG 2018

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|23 December 1965}}

| birth_place = Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union

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Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (born 23 December 1965, in Vilnius){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/daina-gudzineviciute-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030504/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/daina-gudzineviciute-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title= Daina Gudzinevičiūtė |accessdate=2015-06-19}} is an Olympic shooting champion from Lithuania, president of the National Olympic Committee, and a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Shooting

Trap shooting for women was first introduced in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Gudzinevičiūtė scored 71 hits in the qualifying round and then hit 22 out of 25 targets in the final. This was one more than Delphine Racinet's score. As the event was held in the Olympic Games for the first time, Gudzinevičiūtė also set an Olympic record. It was a very unexpected victory for Lithuania and their first medal at Sydney.

After the Sydney success it was expected that Gudzinevičiūtė would perform well in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but she scored only 55 hits and landed on the 14th place among 17 contestants. She complained about the weather with strong gusts which was an obstacle for all shooters: the best result (after the final) was just 88.

Other results:

1988 Europe championship 1st (under the Soviet Union flag)
1989 World championship 1st
1992 Europe championship 2nd, 3rd
1994 World championship 4th
2001 Special World championship in Cairo 9th
2002 World championship in Lahti 2nd
2003 "Grand Prix" in Cyprus 2nd
2004 World Cup in Athens 11th
2005 Europe championship in Belgrade 2nd

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! colspan=6 \| Olympic results
Event ! 1996 ! 2000 ! 2004 ! 2008 ! 2012
align=left \| Trap \| style="color: #cccccc"\|Not held \| style="background: #ccffcc" \| {{Gold1}} Gold 71+22 \| 14th 55 \| style="background: #ccffcc" \| 5th 69+17 \| 14th 66
align=left \| Double trap \| 10th 101 \| — \| — \| style="color: #cccccc"\|Not held \| style="color: #cccccc"\|Not held

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

! colspan=6 | Olympic results

Event

! 1996

! 2000

! 2004

! 2008

! 2012

align=left | Trap

| style="color: #cccccc"|Not held

| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} Gold
71+22

| 14th
55

| style="background: #ccffcc" | 5th
69+17

| 14th
66

align=left | Double trap

| 10th
101

| —

| style="color: #cccccc"|Not held

Post-shooting career

After the Sydney games, she became popular in Lithuania. She was invited to host a documentary television show "Farai", which shows daily work of Lithuanian policemen. She also worked with the State Border Guard Service.

In 2012, she beat Virgilijus Alekna in the election for the president of the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania.{{cite web |url=http://www.lrytas.lt/sportas/startai/ltok-prezidente-tapusi-saule-d-gudzineviciute-krepsinis-pamirstas-nebus-v-aleknos-komentaras.htm |title=LTOK prezidente tapusi šaulė D. Gudzinevičiūtė: "Krepšinis pamirštas nebus" (V. Aleknos komentaras) / Startai / Lrytas.lt |accessdate=2013-03-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127112128/http://www.lrytas.lt/sportas/startai/ltok-prezidente-tapusi-saule-d-gudzineviciute-krepsinis-pamirstas-nebus-v-aleknos-komentaras.htm |archivedate=2012-11-27 }}

In 2018, Gudzinevičiūtė became the first Lithuanian to be elected into IOC.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928062421/http://www.skynet.lt/page.asp?DL=L&TopicID=43&ArticleID=667&Page=9&PagePage=1&NewsTXT= News archive]
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{{Succession box

| before = First

| title = Olympic Women's Trap Qualification Record

| years = 71 points, 2000 Sydney

| after = {{flagicon|ITA}} Jessica Rossi
2012 London

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{{Succession box

| before = First

| title = Olympic Women's Trap Final Record

| years = 93 points, 2000 Sydney

| after = None (changed rules in 2005)

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