Deena Wigger
Deena training with her father, circa 1980
Personal information
Full nameDeena Lynn Wigger
NationalityAmerican
Born (1966-08-27) August 27, 1966
Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportSports shooting
EventRifle
Coached byLones Wigger
Medal record
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1983 Caracas50 m prone, ind.
Gold medal – first place1983 Caracas50 m prone, team
Gold medal – first place1987 Indianapolis50 m prone, ind.
Bronze medal – third place1987 Indianapolis10 m air, ind.
Gold medal – first place1995 Mar del Plata50 m 3 positions, ind.
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1986 Suhl10 m air, ind.
Bronze medal – third place1986 Suhl50 m 3 positions, team
Gold medal – first place1990 Moscow10 m air, team
Silver medal – second place1990 Moscow50 m 3 positions, ind.
Silver medal – second place1990 Moscow50 m 3 positions, team

Deena Lynn Wigger (born August 27, 1966) is a retired American sport shooter, she is the daughter of the Olympic shooter Lones Wigger. She placed 10th in the 10 m air rifle shooting event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

Wigger won a total of four gold medals at the Pan American Games in 1983–1995.[2] She also won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the 1986 and 1990 World Championships. In 1989 she broke the world record for air rifle with 389 of 400.[1]

Wigger attended college at Murray State University in Kentucky, helping them win an NCAA team championship. After the 1988 Olympics, she joined the Wyoming Air National Guard, and then the US Air Force, where she served as a medical technician and an assistant shooting coach at the US Air Force Academy.[1] In 1996 she was named the United States Air Force Athlete of the Year.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Deena Wigger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ Steven Olderr (2015). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951-1999, edicion bilingue. McFarland. pp. 218, 219, 372. ISBN 978-1-4766-0468-8.


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