Urata Rama (born 20 December 1986) is a Kosovar

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and physical educator, who belongs to the Jeton Ramaj Shooting Club in

Vitina Viti ( sq-definite, Vitia) or Vitina ( sr-Cyrl, Витина) is a town and municipality located in the District of Gjilan in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Viti has 4,924 inhabitants, while the municipality has 46,987 inhabitan ...

and has participated at the Olympic level since 2003. In 2012, she was one of six athletes nominated by the

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, but she was rejected for the

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by the

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, which only accepted

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Majlinda Kelmendi Majlinda Kelmendi (; born 9 May 1991) is a Kosovan-Albanian former judoka and judo coach. In 2014, Majlinda topped the IJF Women's Prestige World Ranking List. On 7 August 2016, she became the first Kosovan athlete to win a medal at the Olym ...

though as a representative of

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. Rama, whose cousin Lumturie Rama also shoots competitively, competed at the

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in the

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, and went on to compete in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the

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* 1986 births Living people People from Viti, Kosovo Kosovan female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Kosovo Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Kosovo {{Kosovo-sportshooting-bio-stub