Viktoria Chuyko

Viktoriya Vasylivna Chuiko (also Viktoria Chuyko, Ukrainian: Вікторія Василівна Чуйко; born March 1, 1972 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian sport shooter.[1] She represented her nation Ukraine in trap shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and currently holds the prelim world record in her own discipline, set at the 1998 European Shooting Championships in Nicosia, Cyprus with a marvelous score of 74 hits.[2][3]

Viktoria Chuyko
Personal information
Full nameViktoriya Vasylivna Chuiko
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1972-03-01) 1 March 1972
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap (TR75)
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
2003 Nicosia TR75

Chuyko qualified for the Ukrainian squad in the women's trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by securing her Olympic ticket and having obtained a minimum score of 71 hits to claim the gold medal at the 2003 ISSF World Shotgun Championships in Nicosia, Cyprus.[2][3][4] She amassed a total score of 54 hits out of 75 targets to seal a fifteenth-place finish in the prelims, escaping from the last spot in a field of seventeen shooters by six hits.[5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viktoria Chuyko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. "ISSF Profile – Viktoria Chuyko". ISSF. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. Sadovnik, Olena (17 September 2003). "Вікторія Вікторії" [Victory for Victoria] (in Ukrainian). Postup. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. "Athens 2004: Shooting – Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Athens 2004. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. "Shooting: Women's Trap Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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