Susanne Kiermayer (born 22 July 1968 in

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) is a retired German sport shooter. Kiermayer had won a total of nine medals (one gold, four silver, and four bronze) for both trap and double trap shooting at the

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series. She also captured a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships in

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, striking a total of 91 clay pigeons. Kiermayer is currently a vice-president of the German Shooting Federation (). Kiermayer emerged as one of Germany's most prominent shooters in its Olympic history. She won the silver medal in the inaugural women's double trap at the

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by two points behind winner

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of the United States, with a total score of 139 targets (105 in the preliminary rounds and 34 in the final) and a bonus of two from a shoot-off (against Australia's Deserie Huddleston). Kiermayer achieved a fifth-place finish each in the women's trap at the

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and at the

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, accumulating scores of 86 and 79 clay pigeons, respectively. She also competed in the women's double trap at these Olympic games, but she neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal. Twelve years after competing in her first Olympics, Kiermayer qualified for her fourth German team, as a 40-year-old, at the

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, by placing second in the trap shooting from the 2006 ISSF World Cup series in

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, posting her score of 89 hits. She finished only in eighth place by one point behind Italy's Deborah Gelisio, for a total score of 65 targets.

Olympic results

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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