(1997-02-28) February 28, 1997 (age 27) Rome, New York[1]
Education
West Virginia University
Height
5 ft 1 in (155 cm)[2]
Weight
119 lb (54 kg)[2]
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Shooting
Events
AR40 (10m air rifle)
STR3X20 (50m rifle 3 positions)
University team
West Virginia Mountaineers
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1st (AR40, 2016)
10th (STR3X20, 2016)
Medal record
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games[3]
1
-
-
World Cup Finals
-
-
1
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
10 m air rifle
World Cup Final
2016 Bologna
10 m air rifle
Pan American Games
2019 Lima
50 m rifle 3 positions
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Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher[4] (born February 28, 1997) is an American sports shooter[5] who won a gold medal in the women's 10 meter air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the first gold medal awarded at the 2016 Olympics.[2][6][7]
Thrasher's gold medal came during the first time she had competed in the Olympics, beating two Chinese athletes, previous Olympic gold medalists Du Li and Yi Siling.[6] Thrasher's victory was considered a surprise as she had no major international competition experience prior to the 2016 Olympics.[8]
Before the 2016 Olympics, Thrasher wanted to be a figure skater. She has said she was never any good and by her freshman year of high school, she realized she had no future in it. She switched sports in 2011 after going hunting with her grandfather.[4]
^"First Olympic gold medal in Rio goes to shooter born in Rome". Rome Sentinel. August 6, 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
^ abc"Virginia Thrasher". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
^Sport, Guardian (August 6, 2016). "Virginia Thrasher wins first gold medal of Rio Olympics for USA in 10m air rifle". The Observer. The Guardian. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
^ ab"Ginny Thrasher: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". heavy.com. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
^"ISSF Athlete Profile". ISSF. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
^ ab"Rio 2016 / USA's Virginia Thrasher wins first gold of Rio Olympics". sportscafe.in. August 6, 2016.
^"Virginia Thrasher wins first gold of Rio Olympics". The Times of India. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
^OlympicTalk (February 10, 2020). "First four U.S. shooters qualify for Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
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