Kira Vladimirovna Mozgalova (Russian: Кира Владимировна Мозгалова; born 21 December 1982 in Moscow) is a Russian sport shooter.[1][3] She won a gold medal in the women's sport pistol at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany, with a total score of 788.8 points (584 in the preliminary rounds and 204.8 in the final), earning her a spot on the Russian team for the Olympics.[2][4] Mozgalova is also a member of the shooting team for CSKA Moscow, and is coached and trained by Aleksandr Suslov.[1]
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| Full name | Kira Vladimirovna Mozgalova | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 1982 Moscow, Russian SFSR | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP40) 25 m pistol (SP) | ||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA Moscow[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Aleksandr Suslov[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mozgalova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's 25 m pistol, along with her teammate Anna Mastyanina. Mozgalova progressed to the final of her respective event, after scoring a total of 585 targets (289 in the precision stage and 296 in the rapid fire) from the qualifying rounds.[5] Unfortunately, she finished only in fifth place by four tenths of a point (0.4) behind Serbia's Zorana Arunović, with a total score of 786.9 targets (201.9 in the final).[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Kira Mozgalova". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "ISSF Profile – Kira Mozgalova". ISSF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kira Mozgalova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "25m Pistol Women – Russia's Klimova grabbed Gold by 0.1". ISSF. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Women's 25m Pistol Qualification". London 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Women's 25m Pistol Final". London 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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