Susanne Meyerhoff
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Full name | Susanne Maria Meyerhoff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() SP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Hvidebæk Skytteforening[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Susanne Maria Meyerhoff (born 7 July 1974 in
Career
Meyerhoff started out as a successful junior at the age of eighteen, and eventually became a runner-up in air pistol shooting at the European Championships in
Between 1997 and 1999, Meyerhoff was able to back up her performance from the Olympics by successfully claiming gold medals in air pistol at three meets of the ISSF World Cup series.[1] She also simultaneously captured her first ever European title on the same discipline that marvelously culminated in a selection of being one of the favorites vying for an Olympic medal at the succeeding Games.[5][6]
On her second appearance in
Meyerhoff showed her most potential form in bouncing back to the range at the 2002 European Championships in
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Meyerhoff decided to focus on her signature event, the women's 10 m air pistol.[1][12] She fired a substandard 379 out of a possible 400 to force in a four-way tie with South Korea's Park Ah-young, Hungary's Dorottya Erdős, and Australia's Lalita Yauhleuskaya for twenty-first place in the qualifying round, finishing five points below the Olympic final cutoff.[13][14]
Personal life
Meyerhoff is the mother of 4 children: Julie (1997), Viktoria (2001), William (2008) and August (2012) and married to skeet shooter and 2004 Olympian Michael Nielsen.[15]
Olympic results
Event | 1992 | 1996 | 2004 |
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25 metre pistol
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34th 564 |
39th 562 |
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10 metre air pistol
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15th 379 |
35th 372 |
21st 379 |
References
- ^ a b c d e "ISSF Profile – Susanne Meyerhoff". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Susanne Meyerhoff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 118. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 117. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ a b "EM-guld til Meyerhoff" [European gold for Meyerhoff] (in Danish). Berlingske. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Nedtælling til OL 2000" [Countdown to the 2000 Olympics] (in Danish). Berlingske. 11 September 1999. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 87–89. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Archived from the originalon 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 90–92. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ Nielsen, Allan (23 March 2002). "Skydning: Dansk pletskud gav EM" [Shooting: Danish pistol shooter wins at European Champs] (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Danske OL-deltagere" [Danish Olympic delegation] (in Danish). Berlingske. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Skydning: Svage nerver knuste medaljedrømmen" [Shooting: Weak shots crashed medal hopes on Meyerhoff] (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "OL-kandidat, bevæbnet og gravid" [Olympic athlete feels ready to be pregnant] (in Danish). DR.dk. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2015.