Sagen Maddalena ( ; born 16 August 1993) is a soldier and an American sport shooter. She represented the United States at the

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in Tokyo and the

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in Paris. She currently lives in Groveland, California. She is a sergeant in the United States Army and serves as a shooter/instructor with the international team of the Army Marksmanship Unit.

Career

Maddalena got her start in competitive precision shooting on the state team as a California Grizzlies junior team member, competing in service rifle and being team captain. She credits this team for teaching her leadership and teamwork. She attended her first Civilian Marksmanship Program Highpower National Match at Camp Perry, Ohio during the summer of 2010. Sagen was awarded Distinguished Rifleman by the Civilian Marksmanship Program in 2011. Maddalena competed on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Rifle Team 2013–2018. During that time she redshirted her first year and then competed the her next four years. Maddalena is a four-time NRA First Team All-American in Air Rifle (2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17 & 2017–18), three-time NRA First Team All-American in Smallbore (2015–16, 2016-17 & 2017–18), three-time CRCA First Team Aggregate All-American (2016, 2017 & 2018), and NRA Second Team All-American in Smallbore (2015). She Won Two Gold medals at 2021 President Cup in Wrocław and Won Bronze Medal at 2022 President Cup in Cairo Madalena Won Two Silver Medal and one Bronze Medal at

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. She Won Silver Medal at 2021 World Cup in New Delhi Maddalena won a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 50m rifle three positions event.

References

1993 births Living people American female sport shooters American military Olympians Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting People from Woodland, California Sportspeople from Yolo County, California Alaska Nanooks athletes United States Army soldiers 21st-century American sportswomen Shooters at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in shooting Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in shooting Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in shooting Female United States Army personnel {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub