Kira Vladimirovna Mozgalova (russian: Кира Владимировна Мозгалова; born 21 December 1982 in

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) is a Russian sport shooter. She won a gold medal in the women's sport pistol at the

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, with a total score of 788.8 points (584 in the preliminary rounds and 204.8 in the final), earning her a spot on the Russian team for the Olympics. Mozgalova is also a member of the shooting team for

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, and is coached and trained by Aleksandr Suslov. Mozgalova represented

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at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, where she competed in the women's 25 m pistol, along with her teammate Anna Mastyanina. Mozgalova progressed to the final of her respective event, after scoring a total of 585 targets (289 in the precision stage and 296 in the rapid fire) from the qualifying rounds. Unfortunately, she finished only in fifth place by four tenths of a point (0.4) behind Serbia's Zorana Arunović, with a total score of 786.9 targets (201.9 in the final).

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NBC Olympics Profile
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