Melanie Stabel (born 30 September 1999) is a German deaf sport shooter.[1] She represented Germany at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics and claimed 3 medals including a gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle with a record score of 412.6 in the finals.[2][3][4]

Melanie Stabel
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1999-09-30) September 30, 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Country Germany
SportShooting
Medal record
Women's Shooting
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 1 2 0
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place Samsun 2017 10m air rifle
Silver medal – second place Samsun 2017 50m rifle 3
Silver medal – second place Samsun 2017 50m rifle prone

Melanie broke the deaf world record for shooting in the 10m air rifle for women in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics at the age of just 17 by competing in an international multi-sport event for the first time.[5][6] She also claimed 2 silver medals in the women's 50m air rifle and 50m air rifle prone events. Melanie too broke the deaf world record for women in the 50m rifle prone category with a record score of 615.3 during the qualifiers as a part of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.[7][8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Melanie Stabel | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  2. ^ "Women's 10m air rifle | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  3. ^ Germany, Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf. "Sportschiessen: Melanie Stabel gleich zweimal mit Edelmetall belohnt - Sportschießen - Schwarzwälder Bote". www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Administrator. "Melanie Stabel – eine junge erfolgreiche Sportschützin!". www.bg-sv.de. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  5. ^ "10m air rifle for women | ICSD Deaf world records". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  6. ^ Allgemeine, Augsburger. "Sie kann die Schüsse nicht hören". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  7. ^ "50m rifle prone for women | ICSD Deaf world records". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  8. ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  9. ^ "Melanie Stabel gleich zweimal geehrt - Deutscher Schützenbund e.V." www.dsb.de. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
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