Julie Goloski Golob is an American professional

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with one gold ( 2017 Lady Classic and two silver medals ( 2005 Lady Standard and 2011 Lady Production), one bronze medal ( 2014 Lady Production) and seven Ladies

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World Speed Shooting Championship gold medals. She also has 2 US IPSC Nationals Lady titles and 13

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Lady titles, and is one of two seven Division USPSA National Champion in history. Julie Goloski began her shooting career when she was fourteen, practicing with her father, Pete Goloski. She continued competing through high school and, in 1994, met with the coach of the Army Action Shooting Team. The coach sent her a letter of acceptance and Julie joined the

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. In 1999, she competed at the USPSA Nationals and ended up winning at the Limited and Open Division. That year, she was also named US Army Athlete of the Year In 2002, Goloski left the Army to become a professional markswoman. She received a contract with

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and started competing for them. In 2006 Julie joined Team Smith & Wesson. In 2006, Goloski won three Divisions at the USPSA Nationals (Limited-10, Single Stack, and Production), becoming the first woman to do so. More recently, she won the Production and Revolver Division at the 2011 USPSA Nationals as Julie Golob. This was the first time any shooter had won all six divisions. In 2012, Golob appeared as an expert in the fourth season of

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''. Golob lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband and two daughters.

Achievements

2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot The 2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XIV held in Guayaquil, Ecuador was the 14th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. Once again, Eric Grauffel took the Open title. He was now an 18-year-old student and had already won many European titles, and after the 2005 W ...

Lady Standard Silver *

2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot The 2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVI held at Rhodes, Greece was the 16th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. There were 30 stages which all had a Greek theme. Champions Open ;Individual: The Open division had the second largest match participation with 373 ...

Lady Production Silver *

2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot The 2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVII held at the Universal Shooting Academy in Frostproof, Florida, United States, was the 17th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. Champions Open The Open division had the second largest match participation with 385 com ...

Lady Production Bronze *

2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each ar ...

Lady Classic Gold * 7 times Ladies

World Speed Shooting Champion * 2 times

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Lady National Champion * 13 times USPSA Lady National Champion * 4 times

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Ladies National Champion * 1999 US Army Female Athlete of the YearUS Army Marksmanship and Army Shooting Team Veteran , Julie Golob
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Athlete of the Year * 3 times S&W

Winter Nationals Ladies Champion * 2 times

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Bianchi Cup Ladies Open Champion * 2 times ICORE Revolver Ladies Open Champion * '' American Handgunner'' Ladies Champion

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Golob, Julie Living people IPSC shooters American female sport shooters American hunters United States Army soldiers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women 20th-century American women