Živa Dvoršak (born 9 July 1991) is a Slovenian

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. She competed in the Women's 10 metre air rifle and women's

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events at the

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and

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. She won a bronze at the 2013 European 10 metre events Championships in the 10 metre air rifle. She studied at the

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from 2010 to 2013, and later studied at

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, studying mathematics.

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1991 births Living people Slovenian female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Slovenia Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ljubljana European Games competitors for Slovenia Shooters at the 2015 European Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games medalists in shooting Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Shooters at the 2019 European Games 21st-century Slovenian sportswomen Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Shooters at the 2023 European Games Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Slovenia-sportshooting-bio-stub