Sheileen Waibel (born 3 January 2001) is an Austrian

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. She has represented Austria in ISSF Air Rifle and 50M Rifle at European and World Championship level. Her father is Olympic medallist Wolfram Waibel Jr., and her grandfather is a five-time Olympian Wolfram Waibel Sr.

Shooting career

Waibel started shooting at the age of 13, through her father Wolfram Waibel Jr., who won two medals at the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta before becoming a national coach. Waibel's first international selection was to the

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where she finished 24th individually in the Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle. With Nadine Ungerank and Verena Zaisberger she won a bronze medal in Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle team. Her first international individual medal came at the

2018 ISSF Junior World Cup The 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF Junior World Cup, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of Shooting at the Summer Olympi ...

in Suhl. She won silver in the 50m Prone Rifle, finished 7th in the final of the 50m Three-Position Rifle and placed 34th in the 10m Air Rifle. At the

2019 ISSF Junior World Cup The 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF Junior World Cup, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of Shooting at the Summer Olympi ...

she won the bronze medal in the 50m Prone Rifle. At the 2021 European Championships she won silver in the 50m rifle three-position mixed team with Gernot Rumpler, and bronze in the 50m rifle three-position women's team, alongside Franziska Peer and Olivia Hoffman. At the

2022 European Championships The 2022 European Championships were the second edition of the European Championships (multi-sport event), European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Munich, Germany from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event started three d ...

, she won the 50m prone rifle mixed team with Thomas Mathis. At the 2023 World Championships, Waibel won team bronze in the Women's 50m Prone Rifle team event. In 2023, Waibel won the national inter-state team match competing for Vorarlberg with Marlene Pribitzer and Yvonne Klocker.

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* {{Authority control Living people 2001 births Austrian female sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters European Games competitors for Austria Shooters at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Austria European Games medalists in shooting 21st-century Austrian sportswomen