Ray Bassil

Ray Jacques Bassil (Arabic: راي باسيل; born 20 October 1988) is a Lebanese trap shooter. She has won an ISSF World Cup event and the gold medal at the 2015 Arab Shooting Championship. She has also twice represented Lebanon at Olympic Games.

Ray Bassil
Personal information
Birth nameRay Jacques Bassil
NationalityLebanese
Born (1988-10-20) October 20, 1988
Dlebta, Lebanon
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country Lebanon
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap
Turned pro2006
Coached byDanielle Di Spignio
Achievements and titles
Regional finals• Open Championship of the Union CIS, Kazakhstan 2010: Medalist
Olympic finals• London Olympics, 2012: 18th Place • Rio de Janeiro Olympics, 2016: 14th Place
Highest world rankingRanked 1st in 2016
Updated on 26 August 2017.

Sporting career

In 2007 Bassil was the bronze medalist at the Junior ISSF World Championship, held in Nicosia, Cyprus.[1] She represented Lebanon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London,[2] and at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 14th.

In 2015, she won the gold medal at the Arab Shooting Championship in Morocco. In 2016, Bassil won the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup that was held in Nicosia, Cyprus.[1] The event was held at the same range as the one at which she had won the Junior World bronze.[1] Bassil is now focusing on winning the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics for Lebanon.[3]

References


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