Launi Meili

{{Short description|American sport shooter (born 1963)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Launi Meili

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| fullname = Launi Kay Meili

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 4, 1963}}

| birth_place = Spokane, Washington, U.S.

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{{MedalSport | Women's shooting }}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | {{nowrap|1992 Barcelona}} | {{nowrap|50 m rifle 3 positions}} }}

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Launi Kay Meili (born June 4, 1963, in Spokane, Washington){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/launi-meili-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/launi-meili-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Launi Meili |accessdate=May 29, 2015}} is an American sport shooter and Olympic champion from Cheney, Washington. She won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=SHO |title=1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Shooting |website=databaseOlympics.com |accessdate=February 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823075028/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=SHO |archivedate=August 23, 2008 }}

Following her Olympic career, she coached the all-woman University of Nebraska rifle team to the co-ed NCAA National Championship. In 2008, she was appointed rifle coach at the United States Air Force Academy.

Meili has been inducted into the USA Shooting Hall of fame.{{cite web |url=https://www.usashooting.org/about/alumni-association/hall-of-fame/launi-meili |website=usashooting.org |title=Hall of Fame - Launi Meili |access-date=3 September 2021}}