Andrea Stranovská

Andrea Stranovská (born May 9, 1970 in Trnava) is a Slovak sport shooter.[2] She produced a career tally of two medals (one silver and one bronze) at the World Championships (1998 and 2002), and was selected to compete for Slovakia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).[1][3] Having started the sport since the age of 14, Stranovska trained as a member of the shooting team for the Slovak Republic State Sport Representation Centre of Interior Ministry (Slovak: Stredisko štátnej športovej reprezentácie MV SR) in Bratislava under personal coach Juraj Sedlak.[1][4]

Andrea Stranovská
Personal information
Full nameAndrea Stranovská
Nationality Slovakia
Born (1970-05-09) 9 May 1970
Trnava, Czechoslovakia
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Skeet (SK75)
ClubSSSR MV SR Bratislava[1]
Coached byJuraj Sedlak[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Slovakia
World Championships
2002 Lahti SK75
1998 Barcelona SK75

Stranovska's major Olympic debut came at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she wound up to last from a field of 13 shooters in the inaugural women's skeet with a score of 66 out of 75 hits.[5]

In 2002, Stranovska reached the peak of her shooting career, as she picked up a skeet silver medal at the World Championships in Lahti, Finland, and then continued to flourish her success by striking the gold at the World Cup meet in Shanghai, China.[3][6] Finishing atop of the podium, Stranovska also secured a quota place on her Slovak team for the Olympics.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Stranovska qualified for her second Slovak squad, as a 34-year-old, in the women's skeet by having registered a minimum qualifying score of 72 and finishing first from the 2002 ISSF World Cup meet in Shanghai, China.[6][7] Stranovska aggregated a total record of 66 out of 75 clay targets in the prelims, but maintained her position from the previous Games, rounding her off again to last in a field of twelve shooters.[8]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Andrea Stranovská". ISSF. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Stranovská". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  3. "Slovenské športové úspechy v roku 2002" [Slovaks' sporting achievements in 2002] (in Slovak). HN Online.sk. 23 December 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  4. "Stranovská na Sydney zabudla, v Aténach pokus o reputáciu" [Stranovská forgets her Sydney experience, focuses on her performance in Athens] (in Slovak). SME. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  5. "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Women's Skeet" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 98–99. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  6. "Andrea of Slovakia Shoots Down World Cup Skeet Title". Xinhua. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. "Olympiáda je Stranovskej vedľajší úväzok" [Stranovská devotes her time for the Olympics] (in Slovak). SME. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  8. "Shooting: Women's Skeet Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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