Dina Aspandiyarova, (born 10 July 1976 in Almaty, Kazakhstan) is a professional sporting shooter who has previously represented Kazakhstan and Russia and currently represents Australia in international competition. Aspandiyarova is from Tatar descent.[1]
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Kazakhstan
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| Women's shooting | ||
| Asian Games | ||
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1998 Bangkok | Women's 10 metre air pistol singles |
Representing  Australia
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| Women's shooting | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2006 Melbourne | Women's 10 metre air pistol pairs |
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2006 Melbourne | Women's 10 metre air pistol |
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2010 New Delhi | Women's 10 metre air pistol pairs |
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2010 New Delhi | Women's 10 metre air pistol singles |
Aspandiyarova competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she finished 6th in the women's 10 metre air pistol. She moved to Russia with husband Anatoly Babushkin in 2001 and moved to Australia in 2003 when Babushkin was appointed Australian national shooting coach. She missed out on selection in the Russian team for the 2004 Summer Olympics and the following year became an Australian citizen.[2]
She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where she placed 33rd in the women's 25 metre pistol and 36th in the women's 10m air pistol.
She competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, winning two medals.
She was selected for the Australian team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and finished in 14th place in the women's 10 metre air pistol event.[3][4][5]
She qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] She competed in the individual and team 10m air pistol events. She did not score sufficient points to advance past qualification.[7] Detailed results can be found in Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
References
edit- ^ "27 татар-олимпийцев в Токио: от правнука Галимджана Ибрагимова до сержанта армии США" (in Russian). business-gazeta.ru. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Dina Aspandiyarova".
- ^ "Dina Aspandiyarova Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ Dina Aspandiyarova Leads Australian Clean Sweep In Pistol Shooting At Meyton Cup The Daily Telegraph [dead link]
- ^ "London 2012 Women's 10m air pistol". olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ "Dina Aspandiyarova". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 23 March 2022.