Petra Zublasing

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}}Petra Zublasing (born 30 June 1989) is an Italian sport shooter who won the 10 m air rifle event at the 2014 World Championships.

Career

She first competed internationally in 2003, having begun sports shooting in 2001.{{Cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHITAW3006198901|title=ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org|website=www.issf-sports.org|access-date=25 April 2018}}

She competed in the Women's 10 metre air rifle and the women's 50 metre three positions events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/zublasing-petra-1088578/ |title=London 2012: Petra Zublasing |access-date=29 July 2012 |work=London 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103191728/www.london2012.com/athlete/zublasing-petra-1088578/ |archive-date=3 January 2013 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zu/petra-zublasing-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418014055/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zu/petra-zublasing-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Sports Reference: Petra Zublasing |access-date=29 July 2012 |work=Sports Reference}} She won her first World Cup event in 2013 in Granada.{{Cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1914|title=Zublasing won her first Rifle 3-Position Women Gold: "time to plan for the future"|website=ISSF|access-date=25 April 2018}} In 2014, she won her greatest title to date, winning the women's 10 m air rifle event at the 2014 World Championships. To win, she beat the then reigning Olympic champion Yi Siling by 0.3 points with the last shot of the event.{{Cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2153|title=Italy's Zublasing claimed the 10m Air Rifle Women title, with zen.|website=ISSF|access-date=25 April 2018}} Earlier that year, she had set a new world record in the women's 50 m three positions event at the World Cup event in Fort Benning, having set the previous world record at the 2013 World Cup Final in Munich.{{Cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2015|title=Italy's Petra Zublasing claimed 50m Rifle 3 Position Women Gold in Fort Benning|website=ISSF|access-date=25 April 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1973|title=Italy's Zublasing rises the 50m Rifle 3 Positions women World Cup|website=ISSF|access-date=25 April 2018}}

At the 2016 Olympics she competed in the same two events, reaching the final in the 50 m. She studied at West Virginia University.{{cite web |url=http://www.wvmetronews.com/wvu.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=54078 |title=Zublasing Places 12th in Air Rifle at 2012 London Summer Olympics |access-date=29 July 2012 |work=wvmetronews}}