Elizabeth Callahan

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Elizabeth "Libby" Callahan (born February 25, 1952) is an American sport shooter.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Libby Callahan |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/libby-callahan-1.html |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214133934/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/libby-callahan-1.html |archivedate=December 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} She is a four-time Olympian, and a two-time medalist for pistol shooting at the Pan American Games (1991 in Havana, Cuba and 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada).{{cite web |title=ISSF Profile – Elizabeth Callahan |url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHUSAW2502195201 |publisher=ISSF |accessdate=January 6, 2013}} She also worked as a police officer in Washington, D.C. for almost three decades, before retiring in 2003.{{cite news |title=American shooter Libby Callahan |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/news/newsid=207733.html#american+shooter+libby+callahan |agency=Associated Press |publisher=NBC Olympics |date=August 13, 2008 |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103171559/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/news/newsid=207733.html#american+shooter+libby+callahan |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Shooting career

Callahan, born in Columbia, South Carolina, started out her sporting career in 1980, when she learned shooting with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. She went on to become a five-time women's police revolver champion in various local competitions, until she took up international, Olympic-style shooting, after joining the U.S. Army reserve in 1985.{{cite news |last=Garber |first=Greg |title=Age is an advantage in shooting |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer04/shooting/news/story?id=1839345 |publisher=ESPN |date=July 14, 2004 |access-date=January 6, 2013}} Three years later, Callahan became a member of the U.S. national shooting team, and had achieved numerous titles and top-ten finishes at the USA Shooting National Championships. She captured three more medals (one silver and two bronze) in air and pistol shooting at the 1992, 2001, and 2005 ISSF World Cup series. She also competed for all pistol shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but she neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal.

Sixteen years after competing in her first Olympics, Callahan qualified for her fourth U.S. shooting team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the sport pistol from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Fort Benning, Georgia.{{cite news |title=Beyerle, Fong in the Lead Women's 3-Position Rifle at 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials |url=http://www.shootingwire.com/shooting_wire_release.html |publisher=The Shooting Wire |date=May 21, 2008 |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228055119/http://www.shootingwire.com/shooting_wire_release.html |archivedate=February 28, 2011 |df=mdy }}

At age fifty-six, Callahan also held her distinction of being the oldest female and most experienced member of the U.S. Olympic team, and consequently, surpassed the record set by equestrian rider Kyra Downton (who competed as a 55-year-old at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City).{{cite news |title=Callahan, 56, earns 4th trip to the Olympics |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2008-05-15-3635099959_x.htm |agency=Associated Press |work=USA Today |date=May 15, 2008 |accessdate=January 6, 2013}} She competed only in the women's 25 m pistol, where she was able to shoot 287 targets in the precision stage, and 288 in the rapid fire, for a total score of 575 points, finishing only in twenty-fifth place.{{cite web |title=Women's 25 m Pistol Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHW204902/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053058/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHW204902/index.html |archivedate=August 16, 2012 |df=mdy }}{{cite news |title=Callahan finishes 25th, Snyder Takes 28th Place in Women’s 25 m Pistol |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Shooting/Features/2008/August/14/Callahan-finishes-25th-Snyder-Takes-28th-Place-in-Women-s-25m-Pistol.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615113138/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Shooting/Features/2008/August/14/Callahan-finishes-25th-Snyder-Takes-28th-Place-in-Women-s-25m-Pistol.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2012 |publisher=Team USA |date=August 14, 2008 |accessdate=January 6, 2013}}

Coaching career

As of 2024 she coaches Ohio State University's shooting team, and one of her students is 2024 Olympian Ada Korkhin.Bianca Beltrán (July 11, 2024). [https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/19-year-old-pistol-shooter-talks-path-from-brookline-mass-to-paris-olympics/3424467/ "19-year-old pistol shooter talks path from Brookline, Mass. to Paris Olympics,"] NBC News.

Olympic results

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Event ! 1992 ! 1996 ! 2004 ! 2008
align="left" \| 25 metre pistol \| — \| 23rd 573 \| 19th 575 \| 25th 575
align="left" \| 10 metre air pistol \| 37th 372 \| — \| 30th 374 \| —

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Event

! 1992

! 1996

! 2004

! 2008

align="left" | 25 metre pistol

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| 23rd
573

| 19th
575

| 25th
575

align="left" | 10 metre air pistol

| 37th
372

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| 30th
374

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References

External links

{{ISSF|SHUSAW2502195201|Elizabeth Callahan}}
{{Team USA|new_id=elizabeth-libby-callahan|name=Elizabeth "Libby" Callahan|old_id=CA/ElizabethLibby-Callahan|archive=20221222141923}}
{{Olympics.com profile|name=Libby Callahan}}
{{Olympedia|name=Libby Callahan}}
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816120734/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1171/bio/index.html |date=mdy |title=Elizabeth Callahan at the NBC 2008 Olympics website}}

Category:American female sport shooters

Category:American police officers

Category:Living people

Category:Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Columbia, South Carolina

Category:1952 births

Category:Olympic shooters for the United States

Category:Shooters at the 1991 Pan American Games

Category:Shooters at the 1999 Pan American Games