Guo Wenjun (, born June 22, 1984, in
Xi'an
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,
Shaanxi
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) is a female
Chinese
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sport shooter
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who won three of the four gold medals in women's pistol shooting during the European part of the
2008 ISSF World Cup. She won gold in the
women's 10 metre air pistol at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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and
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
She is the only woman to have defended women's
10 metre air pistol
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title at the Olympic Games.
See also
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China at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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References
External links
Official Profileat 2008teamchina.olympic.cn
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1984 births
Living people
Chinese female sport shooters
ISSF pistol shooters
Olympic gold medalists for China
Olympic shooters for China
Sportspeople from Xi'an
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in shooting
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games
Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games
Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Sport shooters from Shaanxi
20th-century Chinese women
21st-century Chinese women
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