Gabriele Bühlmann

Gabriele Bühlmann

Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1964-04-27) 27 April 1964 (age 60)
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Shooting
Events	10 metre air rifle 50 metre rifle three positions 50 metre rifle prone
Coached by	Heinz Reinkemeier
Retired	2004

Gabriele "Gaby" Bühlmann (born 27 April 1964, in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss rifle shooter who competed at five Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004.

Shooting career

Bühlmann won 14 ISSF World Cup medals between 1987 and 2002, competing at four World Cup Finals.[1] She competed at three ISSF World Championships, with a best finish of fourth in the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle at the 1994 Chamhionships.[1]

She is, jointly with equestrian Markus Fuchs, the seventh Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics,[1] after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul Accola.

Coaching career

She is the coach of 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal-winning 10m air-rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra.[2][3] She is co-author of Ways of the Rifle, a seminal coaching book on ISSF rifle disciplines.[4]

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

1. "Athlete - Gaby BUEHLMANN". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
2. "The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Sports | Silent killer owes it to his coach". The Telegraph. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008.
3. Sharda Ugra (1 July 2016). "Abhinav Bindra's historic solo". ESPN.in. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
4. Gaby Bühlmann; Heinz Reinkemeier; Maik Eckhardt. Ways of the rifle. ISBN 3-98-097461-8. Archived from the original (Book) on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

External links

• Gabriele Bühlmann at ISSF
• Gabriele Bühlmann at Olympedia
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gaby Bühlmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.