Daina Gudzinevičiūtė

Who is Daina Gudzinevičiūtė?

Daina Gudzinevičiūtė is an Olympic shooting champion from Lithuania and president of National Olympic Committee.

Trap shooting for women was first introduced in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Gudzinevičiūtė scored 71 hits in the qualifying round and then hit 22 out of 25 targets in the final. It came out to be 1 more than Delphine Racinet's score. As the event was held in the Olympic Games for the first time, Gudzinevičiūtė also set an Olympic record. It was a very unexpected victory for Lithuania and the first medal at Sydney.

After the Sydney success it was expected that Daina would perform well in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but she scored only 55 hits and landed on the 14th place among 17 contestants. She complained about the weather with strong gusts which was an obstacle for all shooters: the best result was just 88.

Other results:

⁕1988 Europe championship 1st

⁕1989 World championship 1st

⁕1992 Europe championship 2nd, 3rd

⁕1994 World championship 4th

⁕2001 Special World championship in Cairo 9th

⁕2002 World championship in Lahti 2nd

⁕2003 "Grand Prix" in Cyprus 2nd

⁕2004 World Cup in Athens 11th