Veronika Vadovičová (born February 9, 1983) is a

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n Paralympic shooter. In

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, she won gold medalint the 10 meter SH1. She competed at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

, winning two gold medals and a silver medal. She competed at the

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, in Mixed R6 50 metre rifle prone SH1, winning a gold medal.

Career

She won 3 golds at the

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where she competed against

Matt Skelhon Matthew James Skelhon (born 30 October 1984) is a British shooting sports, sport shooter. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics he won the gold medal in the SH1 10 metre prone air rifle event. Life Skelhon lost the use of his legs following ...

. She was a gold medalist at the 2006 World Shooting Championships where she competed in three-position 50-meter rifle event. On October 24, 2014 she won a gold medal at the 2014 IPC Shooting European Championships. On March 15, 2016 Vadovičová broke the R3 (mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1) qualification world record, on the opening day of competition, at the IPC Shooting World Cup in

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. Vadovičová took the gold medal in the 2017 Para Sport World Cup held in the

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beating

Lorraine Lambert Lorraine Lambert (born 29 September 1972) is a British Paralympic shooter who was fifth in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. Lambert was chosen for the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo in August 2021. Life Lambert was born in 1972 a ...

who gained the silver position.

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* 1983 births Living people Slovak female sport shooters Paralympic shooters for Slovakia Paralympic gold medalists for Slovakia Paralympic silver medalists for Slovakia Paralympic bronze medalists for Slovakia Paralympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the European Para Championships Sportspeople from Trnava Shooters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Palacký University Olomouc alumni Comenius University alumni {{Slovakia-sportshooting-bio-stub