Marlene Pribitzer
Personal information
Birth nameMarlene Pribitzer
CitizenshipAustrian
Born (1997-01-16) January 16, 1997
Vienna, Austria
Home townMatzen, Austria
OccupationSport Shooter
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryAustria
SportShooting
Event10 meter air rifle
Club
  • OMV SG Prottes
  • USG Altach
  • SG Hohenems
Coached byWolfram Waibel

Marlene Pribitzer (born 16 January 1997) is an Austrian sports shooter.[1] She has represented Austria in ISSF Air Rifle at European and World Championship level. Pribitzer competes for Mertingen Schützen in the German Bundesliga.

Early life

Pribitzer started shooting with her father at OMV SG Prottes club in Lower Austria. She started shooting from a sitting position at the age of three.[2] By age 12 she progressed to standing in order to compete.[3] She attended her first Austrian Championships in 2011, placing fourth in her category. By 2014 she was invited to compete in the Austrian Junior National Cup and was selected to represent Austria at the ISSF World Championships in Granada, placing 38th in the Junior Women's Air Rifle match.

In 2017, Pribitzer was selected for the ISSF Junior Championships in Suhl. She placed 31st in the 50m Prone Rifle and 56th in the 10m Air Rifle.[4][5]

Senior career

In 2016, Pribitzer joined the Austrian Armed Forces. This allowed her to train full time in Vorarlberg under national coach Wolfram Waibel.[3]

In 2023, Pribitzer won her first national title in the inter-state team match competing for Vorarlberg with Sheileen Waibel and Yvonne Klocker.[6]

Pribitzer competed for FSG Titting in the DSB Bundesliga in Germany, but moved to the Mertingen Schützen team in 2023.[7][8]


References

  1. ↑ "Marlene Pribitzer - Österreichischer Schützenbund". schuetzenbund.at (in Austrian German). Österreichischer Schützenbund. 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jungschützin ist voll auf Erfolgskurs". Kurier (in Austrian German). Matzen: k-digital Medien. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "ÜBER Marlene Pribitzer KARRIERE & STECKBRIEF" (in Austrian German). Olympiazentrum Vorarlberg. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 10m AIR RIFLE WOMEN JUNIOR". SIUS Shooting Results. 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 50m RIFLE PRONE WOMEN JUNIOR". SIUS Shooting Results. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Peter Sonnenberg (10 November 2021). "Premierengold für Marlene Pribitzer". NÖN (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Schießsport: Mertingen ist dem Ziel Bundesliga ein kleines Stück nähereines Stück näher". Donauwörther Zeitung (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 10 October 2023. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Schwieriger Auftakt mit Happy End: FSG Titting enttäuscht gegen Mertingen – Stechschuss sichert Sieg gegen Kastl". Donaukurier (in German). 18 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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