Dawn Kobayashi

Dawn Kobayashi
Personal information
Full nameDawn Marie Kobayashi
Nationality Jamaica
Born (1971-06-18) 18 June 1971 (age 53)
Kingston, Jamaica
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event10 m air rifle (AR40)
ClubJamaica Air Rifle Association[1]
Coached byKeith Hammond (national)[1]

Dawn Marie Kobayashi (born 18 June 1971 in Kingston) is a Jamaican sport shooter.[2] She has been selected to compete for Jamaica at the 2004 Summer Olympics, setting a historic milestone as the nation's first ever sport shooter after forty years.[1][3] Kobayashi trains for the Jamaica Air Rifle Association and the national team under the tutelage of Keith Hammond.[1]

Kobayashi qualified as a lone shooter for the Jamaican squad in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She had been granted an Olympic invitation for her country by the ISSF and the IOC, having registered a minimum qualifying score of 391 from her eight-place finish at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[1][4][5] Kobayashi shot a decent 383 out of a possible 400 to force in a two-way tie with Nicaragua's Svitlana Kashchenko for forty-first place in the qualifying round, finishing just eight points off her entry best.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "ISSF Profile – Dawn Kobayashi". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dawn Kobayashi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ^ "JRA Shooting For Olympics". The Gleaner. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ Tucker, Elton (30 July 2004). "Olympic squad named – Tayna Lawrence and Kerron Stewart included". Jamaica Star. Archived from the original on 22 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ^ Tucker, Elton (15 August 2004). "Rough going for J'cans". Sports Jamaica. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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