Heidi Diethelm Gerber (born 20 March 1969 in
Münsterlingen
Münsterlingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen (district), Kreuzlingen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
History
In 1994 the municipality was created from Landschlacht ...
) is a
Swiss
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* Swiss people
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*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
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female
sport shooter
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. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, she competed in the
Women's 10 metre air pistol and the
Women's 25 metre pistol.
She finished in 35th in the 10 metre air pistol event and in 29th in the 25 metre event. At the
2016 Summer Olympics
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she won the bronze medal in the
25 metre pistol
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and was 35th in the
10 metre air pistol
The 10 meter air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). It is similar to 10 meter air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm (or .177) caliber air guns at a distance of 10 m ...
.
References
Swiss female sport shooters
Living people
Olympic shooters for Switzerland
Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
1969 births
Shooters at the 2015 European Games
European Games gold medalists for Switzerland
European Games medalists in shooting
Olympic medalists in shooting
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2019 European Games
European Games silver medalists for Switzerland
Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Thurgau
21st-century Swiss women
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