Hiromi Misaki (三崎 宏美, Misaki Hiromi, born August 13, 1976 in Fukui) is a Japanese sport shooter.[2] She has been selected to compete for Japan in rifle shooting at two Olympics (2000 and 2004), and has attained a total of five medals in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series.[1] Misaki trains full-time for Hitachi Shooting Team under her longtime coach Yoko Miki.[1][3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Hiromi Misaki |
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Born | 13 August 1976 Fukui, Japan |
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR40) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) |
| Club | Hitachi Team[1] |
| Coached by | Yoko Miki[1] |
Misaki's Olympic debut came at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she finished in a five-way tie for fifteenth position in the 10 m air rifle with a qualifying score of 392, just two points below the Olympic final cutoff.[4][5] Misaki also competed in the 50 m rifle 3 positions, but slumped to a distant thirty-eighth in a 42-shooter field with 558 points, after she flubbed few shots in the kneeling series that contributed to her descent in the leaderboard.[6]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Misaki qualified for her second Japanese team in rifle shooting.[3] She managed to get a minimum qualifying standard of 397 to secure an Olympic berth for Japan in air rifle, following her top finish at the ISSF World Cup meet in Changwon, South Korea a year earlier.[7][8] In the 10 m air rifle, held on the first day of the Games, Misaki fired a modest 392 out of a possible 400 to force in a massive draw with six others for twenty-second place.[9] Nearly a week later, in the 50 m rifle 3 positions, Misaki marked a brilliant 195 in prone, 185 in standing, and 189 in the kneeling series to accumulate a total score of 569 points in the qualifying round, closing her out of the final to twenty-fourth place.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Hiromi Misaki". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hiromi Misaki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ a b 三崎の五輪代表決定的 ライフル射撃選考会 [Hiromi Misaki has been selected to compete in rifle shooting] (in Japanese). 47 News. 7 April 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Women's 10m Air Rifle" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 78–80. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Nancy Johnson wins first gold of Sydney Games". Canoe.ca. 16 September 2000. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 81–86. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Martina Prekel verfehlt knapp das Luftgewehr-Finale" [Martina Prekel missed the air rifle final] (in German). Deutscher Schützenbund. 3 July 2003. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Shooting: Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
External links
edit- Hiromi Misaki at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Japanese Olympic Committee Bio (in Japanese)
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