Bettina Bucher Explained

Bettina Bucher
Birth Date:29 November 1980
Birth Place:Lucerne, Switzerland
Height:1.6 m
Weight:49 kg
Country:Switzerland
Sport:Shooting
Coach:Roger Chassat
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Bettina Bucher (born 29 November 1980) is a Swiss sports shooter who specialises in the 300-metre disciplines. She became World Champion at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the 300m Prone Rifle event, matching Charlotte Jakobsen's World Record score.

Career

Bucher started competing in 2008.

In 2009 she was selected to represent Switzerland at the European Championships in Osijek, where she placed 4th in the 300m Prone Rifle event.

She was selected for the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, where she became World Champion in the 300m Rifle Prone event and placed 8th in the 300m Rifle Three Position event. Her Prone score of 599ex600 matched the World Record.[1] [2] [3]

At the 2010 Lapua European Cup Final, she won silver in the 300m Prone Rifle event.[4]

At the 2011 European Championships in Belgrade, she became European Champion in the 300m Prone Rifle event and won Silver in the Three-Position event.

At the 2014 Lapua European Cup in Zagreb, she won silver in the Prone and bronze in the three-position event.[5]

At the 2015 Lapua European Cup in Lahti, Bucher won silver in the 300m Prone Rifle event.[6]

At the 2015 European Championships in Maribor, she won bronze in the 300m Prone Rifle event.

Notes and References

  1. News: 300m Rifle Prone Women – Switzerland's Bucher tied Jakobsen's record . 24 April 2024 . . 9 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230601111230/https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1356 . 1 June 2023 . en.
  2. News: 300m Results at ISSF World Championships — Watch Videos . 24 April 2024 . AccurateShooter . 11 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100903183922/https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2010/08/300m-results-at-issf-world-championships-watch-videos/ . 3 September 2010 . en . live.
  3. Ian Shirra-Gibb . Robertson . Karen . Shooting Discipline Matters - 300 Metres . NRA Journal . Winter 2010 . LXXXIX . 3 . 21 . 24 April 2024 . . en-gb.
  4. Web site: 300m Lapua European Cup Final 2010 - Result Book . gb300m.com . 24 April 2024 . 10 . en . October 2010 .
  5. Web site: 300m Lapua European Cup 2014 - Result Book . Strelska zveza Slovenije . 24 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160407193742/https://www.strelska-zveza.si/rezultati/ZO_MK_VK/2014/20140524_LapuaCup300m-ResultBook.pdf . 7 April 2016 . 17–18 . en . May 2014 . live.
  6. News: Lapua European Cup Finland was a successful competition . 24 April 2024 . ESC News . . 15 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819083307/https://esc-shooting.org/news/read/air_50_concluded_the_european_championship-180 . 19 August 2022 . en.