Kira Mozgalova Explained

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Kira Mozgalova
Fullname:Kira Vladimirovna Mozgalova
Birth Date:21 December 1982
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR
Weight:650NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
Club:CSKA Moscow
Coach:Aleksandr Suslov
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Kira Vladimirovna Mozgalova (Russian: Кира Владимировна Мозгалова; born 21 December 1982 in Moscow) is a Russian sport shooter.[1] [2] She won a gold medal in the women's sport pistol at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany, with a total score of 788.8 points (584 in the preliminary rounds and 204.8 in the final), earning her a spot on the Russian team for the Olympics.[3] [4] Mozgalova is also a member of the shooting team for CSKA Moscow, and is coached and trained by Aleksandr Suslov.[1]

Mozgalova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's 25 m pistol, along with her teammate Anna Mastyanina. Mozgalova progressed to the final of her respective event, after scoring a total of 585 targets (289 in the precision stage and 296 in the rapid fire) from the qualifying rounds.[5] Unfortunately, she finished only in fifth place by four tenths of a point (0.4) behind Serbia's Zorana Arunović, with a total score of 786.9 targets (201.9 in the final).[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kira Mozgalova. London 2012. 10 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130501100645/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mozgalova-kira-1011013/. 1 May 2013.
  2. Kira Mozgalova. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214801/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/kira-mozgalova-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 10 February 2013.
  3. Web site: ISSF Profile – Kira Mozgalova. ISSF. 10 February 2013.
  4. News: 25m Pistol Women – Russia's Klimova grabbed Gold by 0.1. ISSF. 9 August 2010. 10 February 2013.
  5. Web site: Women's 25m Pistol Qualification. London 2012. 10 February 2013. 3 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130103174035/www.london2012.com/shooting/event/women-25m-pistol/phase=shw204900/index.html. dead.
  6. Web site: Women's 25m Pistol Final. London 2012. 10 February 2013. 3 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130103172359/www.london2012.com/shooting/event/women-25m-pistol/phase=shw204100/index.html. dead.