Daisy de Bock

{{short description|Belgian sport shooter}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|8|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Beveren, Belgium

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| sport = Shooting

| event = 10 m air rifle (AR40)

| club = Karabijnclub Dingo

| coach = Viaene Alain (national)

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Daisy de Bock (born 10 August 1974, in Beveren) is a Belgian sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Daisy de Bock|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/daisy-de-bock-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062048/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/daisy-de-bock-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 31 August 2015}} She has been selected to compete for Belgium in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has yielded numerous top 10 finishes in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships.{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Daisy de Bock|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHBELW1008197401|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=18 October 2014}} De Bock trains under the tutelage of Viaene Alain for the national team, while shooting at Dingo Rifle Club ({{langx|nl|Karabijnclub Dingo}}) in Moerbeke.{{cite news|title=Belgen in Athene – Daisy De Bock|trans-title=Belgian in Athens – Daisy de Bock|language=nl|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dma01082004_042|publisher=De Standaard|date=1 August 2004|accessdate=31 August 2015}}

De Bock qualified as a lone shooter for the Belgian squad in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She had registered a minimum qualifying standard of 396 to secure an Olympic berth for Belgium, after finishing fifth in her pet event at the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden less than a year earlier.{{cite web|title=Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification |url=http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Majority Sports |page=10 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722132244/http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf |archivedate=22 July 2015 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.hbvl.be/cnt/oid274234/archief-schieten-daisy-de-bock-vervoegt-lijst-selecteerbare-atleten-athene|title=Schieten: Daisy De Bock vervoegt lijst selecteerbare atleten Athene|trans-title=Shooting: Daisy de Bock joins the list of prospective athletes for Athens|language=nl|publisher=Het Belang van Limburg|date=3 December 2003|accessdate=31 August 2015}} De Bock aimed an inauspicious 95 at the opening series that stumbled her down the leaderboard early to a thirty-third place draw with three other shooters in the qualifying stage, ending up at 388 points out of a possible 400.{{cite web|title=Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/results/3532204.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/gn681uv5|title=Daisy De Bock geeft het startschot|trans-title=Daisy de Bock kicks off|language=nl|publisher=Het Nieuwsblad|date=14 August 2004|accessdate=31 August 2015}}