Gabriele "Gaby" Bühlmann (born 27 April 1964, in
Basel
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Switzerland
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) is a Swiss rifle shooter who competed at five Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004.
Shooting career
Bühlmann won 14
ISSF World Cup medals between 1987 and 2002, competing at four World Cup Finals.
She competed at three
ISSF World Championships, with a best finish of fourth in the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle at the 1994 Chamhionships.
She is, jointly with equestrian
Markus Fuchs, the seventh Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics,
after middle-distance runner
Paul Martin
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Th ...
, equestrians
Henri Chammartin and
Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower
Urs von Wartburg, equestrian
Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier
Paul Accola.
Coaching career
She is the coach of
2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal-winning 10m air-rifle shooter
Abhinav Bindra.
She is co-author of ''Ways of the Rifle'', a seminal coaching book on ISSF rifle disciplines.
See also
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List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
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References
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1961 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt
Swiss female sport shooters
ISSF rifle shooters
Olympic shooters for Switzerland
Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swiss sports coaches
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