Yelena Taranova (born 23 August 1961 in

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) is an

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i paralympic sport shooter. A silver medalist of the

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and bronze medalist of the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

, 2010 Volmerange-les-Mines and 2011 Columbus World Cup winner, she represneted Azerbaijan in the

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. Yelena Taranova is the 1st in World Ranking List in Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 and Mixed 50m Free Pistol SH1 categories.IPC Shooting Rankings Official World Rankings 2011
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Results

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1286028-taranova-yelena.htm Paralympic Games 2 Mixed Free Pistol SH1 2000 Sydney, NSW, AUS 622.7 3 Women's Air Pistol SH1 2004 Athens, GRE 457.3 4 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 148.8 6 Women's Air Pistol SH1 2008 Beijing, CHN 460.1 7 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2012 London, GBR 465.9 7 Women's Air Pistol SH1 2000 Sydney, NSW, AUS 454.2 13 P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 560 13 Mixed Free Pistol SH1 2004 Athens, GRE 517 16 Mixed Free Pistol SH1 2008 Beijing, CHN 517 20 P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 2012 London, GBR 513 25 Mixed Sport Pistol SH1 2008 Beijing, CHN 527 27 P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 503 DNS P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 2012 London, GBR DNS World Championships 3 Mixed P4 - 50m Pistol SH1 - Team 2014 Suhl, GER 1532 5 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2006 Sargans, SUI 456.9 8 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2010 Zagreb, CRO 453.2 14 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2014 Suhl, GER 357 17 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2019 Sydney, NSW, AUS 543 20 P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 2019 Sydney, NSW, AUS 557 24 P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 2018 Cheongju, KOR 539 24 P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 2006 Sargans, SUI 26 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2018 Cheongju, KOR 526 26 P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 2014 Suhl, GER 506 39 P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 2019 Sydney, NSW, AUS 500 40 P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 2010 Zagreb, CRO

Education

Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, Baku, AZE Languages spoken:Russian Coach: Akbar Muradov ational AZE Start: 1999 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Sources

1961 births Living people Azerbaijani female sport shooters Paralympic shooters for Azerbaijan Paralympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan Paralympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Paralympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Azerbaijani women {{Azerbaijan-Paralympic-medalist-stub