Carina Wimmer (born 27 August 1995 in

Mühldorf Mühldorf am Inn (Central Bavarian: ''Muihdorf am Inn'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the district Mühldorf on the river Inn. It is located at , and had a population of about 17,808 in 2005. History During the Middle Ages, ...

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) is a German pistol sport shooter. She will compete for

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, participating in the women's 10 metre air pistol and the mixed 10 metre air pistol team events.

Biography

Carina Wimmer was born on 27 August 1995 in

. She began sport shooting at the age of 10 with her sister. Wimmer is currently a student at the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

perusing a Master of Health Science after receiving her

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in health science.

Career

2021 European Shooting Championships

At the

2021 European Shooting Championships The 2021 European Shooting Championships were held from 22 May to 5 June 2021 in Osijek, Croatia. 1,473 athletes from 52 countries competed. Schedule Events 82 medal events: Age: 46 events in seniors and 36 events in juniors. Number: 43 ...

in Osijek,

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, Wimmer competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event and came first with 242.3 points, ahead of Russian

Vitalina Batsarashkina Vitalina Igorevna Batsarashkina ( rus, Виталина Игоревна Бацарашкина, , vʲɪtɐˈlʲinə bətsɐˈraʂkʲɪnə; born 1 October 1996) is a Russian sports shooter. She is a two-times Olympic champion and two-times Olymp ...

and French Celine Goberville who achieved 242.0 and 218.6 points respectively. Wimmer also participated on Germany's 25 metre pistol team at the championships with Doreen Vennekamp and Monika Karsch. The team won their final match against Bulgaria, clinching gold. Her gold medals granted her a quota spot at the

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2021 ISSF World Cup

At the 2021 ISSF World Cup in Osijek, Wimmer placed second in the women's 10 metre air pistol event, scoring 237.5 points, 2.5 points behind first place Bulgarian Antoaneta Kostadinova. She was also a member of Germany's women's air pistol team with Sandra Reitz and Andrea Katharina Heckner. In the gold medal match on 25 June 2021, the team ended up six points short of beating the Bulgarian team, winning the silver medal.

2020 Summer Olympics

After her performance at the 2021 European Shooting Championships and 2021 ISSF World Cup, she qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in

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, Japan, whose events were postponed a year due to the

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. She will compete for Germany in the women's 10 metre air pistol and the mixed 10 metre air pistol team events. Wimmer is paired in the latter event with two-time Olympic medalist

Christian Reitz Christian Reitz (born 29 April 1987) is a German 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooter, the current world record holder. Career He rose to fame during 2005, the first year with the new equipment rules, but was defeated in that year's European Jun ...

References

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