Lalita Yauhleuskaya

Lalita Yauhleuskaya (born 31 December 1963 in Sokol, Russia) is a professional sporting shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney representing Belarus and currently represents Australia in international competition.[1]

Lalita Yauhleuskaya

Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	25 m pistol
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	Sport pistol
	2002 Manchester	Sport pistol pairs
	2002 Manchester	Air pistol
	2006 Melbourne	10 m pistol
	2006 Melbourne	10 m pistol pairs
	2006 Melbourne	25 m pistol
	2006 Melbourne	25 m pistol pairs
	2010 Dehli	25 m pistol pairs
	2002 Manchester	Air pistol pairs
	2014 Glasgow	25 m pistol
Commonwealth Championships
	2017 Brisbane	25 m pistol

Yauhleuskaya began competitive shooting at age 13. In 1986, representing the Soviet Union, she finished 5th in the women's 10 metre air pistol at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Suhl, Germany. Ten years later she was selected in the Belarusian team for the Atlanta Olympics where she placed 8th in the 10m air pistol. Four years later she picked up her bronze medal in the women's 25 metre pistol at the Sydney Olympics. She became an Australian citizen after the Sydney Olympics and represented her new country in Athens and Beijing. She was also selected for the Australian team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in 40th in the women's 10 m air pistol[2] and 17th in the women's 25 m pistol.[3] In 2014 Commonwealth Games, she clinched Bronze Medal in women’s 25-metre pistol event.[4]