Veronika Major

The native form of this personal name is Major Veronika. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Veronika Major
Veronika Major, in FISU World Shooting Sport Championship, 2018
Personal information
Born (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 27)
Keszthely, Hungary
Sport
SportSport shooting
Events
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2020 Summer Olympics
2024 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Pistol shooting
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 25 m pistol
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 10m air pistol team
European Shooting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Osijek 25 metre pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Győr 10 m air pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bologna 25 metre pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Osijek 10 metre air pistol
ISSF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rio de Janeiro 25 metre pistol
Gold medal – first place 2019 New Delhi 25 metre pistol
Gold medal – first place 2019 New Delhi 10 metre air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2019 Beijing 25 metre pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Beijing 10 metre air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2022 Baku 25 metre pistol
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo 25 metre pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Changwon 10 metre air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rio de Janeiro 25 metre pistol
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cairo 25 metre pistol
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cairo 10 metre air pistol

Veronika Major (born 19 March 1997) is a Hungarian sports shooter.[1] She competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[2] and won bronze medal in the women's 25 metre pistol event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career

As a Junior, Major was successful in Running Target Air Rifle shooting, winning medals at three world championships and becoming Junior Women's World Champion in 2014 and 2016.[4][5]

In 2019 she became European Champion in 50m Running Target mixed.[6]

As Running Target is not an Olympic discipline, she switched to Olympic pistol events as a senior, winning gold medals in both 10m Air Pistol and 25m Sport Pistol during the 2019 ISSF World Cup series.[7]

In 2022 she again performed strongly, winning Silver medals in 25m Sport Pistol at the 2022 ISSF World Cup matches in Baku and Cairo.

This run of performance continued into 2023 with three gold medals in Rio de Janeiro and Cairo for both 25m pistol and 10m air pistol.[8]

In September 2023, Major won the Hungarian national championship in 25 metre pistol.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Veronika Major". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Shooting - Qualification Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ "25m Pistol Women's Final Results". Paris 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Athletes - Veronika MAJOR". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Veronika Major secures Hungary's first Gold at the ISSF Running Target World Championship". International Shooting Sport Federation. 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Major Veronika Eb-aranyérmes futócéllövésben". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). Duna Médiaszolgáltató. 14 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Veronika Major: changing style, to fulfill an Olympic dream". International Shooting Sport Federation. 26 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Major Veronika aranyérmes a riói sportlövő világkupán". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). Duna Médiaszolgáltató. 17 September 2023. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Major Veronika nyert 25 méteren a sportlövő országos bajnokságon". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). Duna Médiaszolgáltató. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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