Mary Tucker (sports shooter)

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Mary Tucker
File:Spc. Sagen Maddalena and Mary Tucker at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games 50m rifle 3 position, July 27, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan (51348787496).jpg
Personal information
Full name Mary Carolynn Tucker
Nationality  United States
Born (2001-07-20) July 20, 2001 (age 22)
Pineville, North Carolina, USA
Height 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight 120 lb (54 kg)
Sport
Country USA
Sport Shooting
Club Kentucky Wildcats
Coached by Jayme Shipley

Mary Carolynn Tucker (born July 20, 2001 in Pineville, North Carolina) is an American sport shooter.[1] She won silver in the 10m air rifle mixed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Previously she has won gold at the 2021 ISSF World Cup in the 10 metre air rifle.[2] She also won a silver medal in 10 metre air rifle team women and a bronze medal in 10m air rifle mixed team in the ISSF World Cup 2021, New Delhi. After the games she took home 6 medals from the Junior World Championships and the 10 meter air rifle championship from the 2021 Pan American Games. Tucker is right handed and is right eye dominant.[3]

After completing high school at Sarasota Military Academy she enrolled at the University of Kentucky (UK).[4] Tucker qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in February 2020 for Tokyo Olympics in air rifle.[5] In March 2021, she led UK to the NCAA rifle team championship, winning individual titles in both contested disciplines of air rifle and smallbore. She has since doubled the NCAA team championship as well as winning overall high performer for the second straight year. [6]

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