Alison Weisz (born May 22, 1995) is an American

rifle A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ...

shooter. In 2020, she qualified to represent the United States at the

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Early life and education

Weisz was born in

Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City ( lkt, link=no, Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Swift Water City") is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed, it is in western So ...

and grew-up in

Belgrade, Montana Belgrade is a city in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. The population was 10,460 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city in Montana that is not a county seat. Belgrade and surrounding areas are experiencing significant population gro ...

. Weiss first learned to shoot a gun at age 9 when her family enrolled her in a firearm safety class. She graduated from Belgrade High School in 2013. She attended

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

Career

A month after graduating for the University of Mississippi, Weisz joined the United States national shooting team and won her first competition. In 2018, Weisz came in second at the Championship of the Americas. The following year she won a gold medal at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

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. In 2020, she qualified for the United States Olympic team for the

in Tokyo. She is a specialist in the

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and serves in the Army Marksmanship Unit at

Fort Moore Fort Moore was the second of two historic U.S. Military Forts in Los Angeles, California, during the Mexican–American War. It lay straight above the junction of the Hollywood Freeway and Broadway, on an historic hill that once sheltered the o ...

, Georgia.

References

1995 births Living people American military Olympians University of Mississippi alumni People from Belgrade, Montana Sportspeople from Rapid City, South Dakota American female sport shooters Shooters at the 2019 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in shooting Olympic shooters for the United States Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics United States Army soldiers 21st-century American women 21st-century American people {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub