Daisy de Bock (born 10 August 1974, in Beveren) is a Belgian sport shooter.[2] She has been selected to compete for Belgium in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has yielded numerous top 10 finishes in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships.[1] De Bock trains under the tutelage of Viaene Alain for the national team, while shooting at Dingo Rifle Club (Dutch: Karabijnclub Dingo) in Moerbeke.[1][3]

Daisy de Bock
Personal information
Full nameDaisy de Bock
Nationality Belgium
Born (1974-08-10) 10 August 1974 (age 50)
Beveren, Belgium
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event10 m air rifle (AR40)
ClubKarabijnclub Dingo[1]
Coached byViaene Alain (national)[1]

De Bock qualified as a lone shooter for the Belgian squad in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She had registered a minimum qualifying standard of 396 to secure an Olympic berth for Belgium, after finishing fifth in her pet event at the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden less than a year earlier.[1][4][5] De Bock aimed an inauspicious 95 at the opening series that stumbled her down the leaderboard early to a thirty-third place draw with three other shooters in the qualifying stage, ending up at 388 points out of a possible 400.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "ISSF Profile – Daisy de Bock". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daisy de Bock". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Belgen in Athene – Daisy De Bock" [Belgian in Athens – Daisy de Bock] (in Dutch). De Standaard. 1 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Schieten: Daisy De Bock vervoegt lijst selecteerbare atleten Athene" [Shooting: Daisy de Bock joins the list of prospective athletes for Athens] (in Dutch). Het Belang van Limburg. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Daisy De Bock geeft het startschot" [Daisy de Bock kicks off] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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