Joanna Ewa Nowakowska (born 2 January 1989) is a Polish sports shooter who won a silver medal at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the 50m Prone Rifle event, setting an equal world record.[1] At the 2009 European Shooting Championships she became a Junior Champion in the same event.
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| Born | 2 January 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editNowakowska's first international selection came in March 2007 when she represented Poland at the European 10m Airgun Chmapionships in Deauville, France. She placed 63rd in the Junior Women's Air Rifle.[1]
Later in 2007, she was selected to compete in Granada at the European Championships for non-air events, qualifying for the final in the 50m 3-Position rifle event and finishing sixth.
At the 2009 European Shooting Championships she became a Junior Champion in the 50m Prone Rifle event.[1] She won silver with the Junior Women's team in the 50m 3-Position rifle event.[2]
At the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships she won a silver medal in 50m Prone Rifle. Nowakowska and Indian Tejaswini Sawant equalled the world record score of 597, with Sawant claiming the gold by tie-breaking on inner-tens.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "ISSF Athlete Profile". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "European Championships RESULTS 50m RIFLE 3 POSITIONS JUNIOR WOMEN" (PDF). 15 July 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Women's 50m Rifle Prone Equals World Record--Twice!". International Shooting Sport Federation. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Tejaswini wins with a world record". The Hindu. THG Publishing. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Indian shooter Tejaswini Sawant wins gold and makes history". BBC Sport. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2024.