Luna Solomon

Luna Solomon (born 1996^[citation needed]) is an Eritrean sport-shooter who qualified for, and took part in, the 2020 Olympic Games as part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team.[1][2][3]

Solomon fled Eritrea for Switzerland in 2015, and took up sport shooting through the Make a Mark project, founded by Italian triple Olympic gold medallist Niccolò Campriani.[4][5] Solomon qualified for the 2020 Olympics and competed in the 10m air rifle event with Campriani as her coach.[6] Solomon was last in the fifty competing shooters at the Olympics in her event.[7] It was announced in May 2024 that Solomon would be competing as part of the Refugee Olympic Team in the 2024 Olympic Games.[8]

Private life

Solomon lives in Lausanne, Switzerland and has a son born in 2020.

References

1. "Luna Solomon". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
2. "Shooting for glory – a refugee's Olympic goal". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
3. Srinivasan, Kamesh (10 June 2021). "Refugee athletes Luna Solomon, Mahdi to shoot in Tokyo Games". Sportstar. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
4. Foundation, Thomson Reuters. "Shooting for glory, not to kill - a refugee's Olympic goal". news.trust.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
5. "Make a Mark refugee athletes selected for Tokyo 2020 | sportanddev.org". www.sportanddev.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
6. "Refugees aim for Olympic squad". InfoMigrants. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
7. bugsbunny (2021-07-24). "Tehani finishes 49th in Women's 10m Air Rifle at Olympics". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
8. Goh, ZK (2024-07-10). "IOC REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM PARIS 2024 ANNOUNCED, FORMED OF 36 ATHLETES". Olympics.