Luna Solomon Explained

Luna Solomon (born 1996) is an Eritrean sport-shooter who qualified for, and took part in, the 2020 Olympic Games as part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team.[1] [2] [3]

Solomon fled Eritrea for Switzerland in 2015, and took up sport shooting through the Make a Mark project, founded by Italian triple Olympic gold medallist Niccolò Campriani.[4] [5] Solomon qualified for the 2020 Olympics and competed in the 10m air rifle event with Campriani as her coach.[6] Solomon was last in the fifty competing shooters at the Olympics in her event.[7] It was announced in May 2024 that Solomon would be competing as part of the Refugee Olympic Team in the 2024 Olympic Games.[8]

Private life

Solomon lives in Lausanne, Switzerland and has a son born in 2020.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luna Solomon. 2021-07-20. Olympics.com.
  2. Web site: 2021-05-27. Shooting for glory – a refugee's Olympic goal. 2021-07-20. Gulf-Times. ar.
  3. Web site: Srinivasan. Kamesh. Refugee athletes Luna Solomon, Mahdi to shoot in Tokyo Games. 2021-07-20. Sportstar. 10 June 2021 . en.
  4. Web site: Foundation. Thomson Reuters. Shooting for glory, not to kill - a refugee's Olympic goal. 2021-07-20. news.trust.org.
  5. Web site: Make a Mark refugee athletes selected for Tokyo 2020 sportanddev.org. 2021-07-20. www.sportanddev.org.
  6. Web site: 2021-05-28. Refugees aim for Olympic squad. 2021-07-20. InfoMigrants. en.
  7. Web site: bugsbunny. 2021-07-24. Tehani finishes 49th in Women's 10m Air Rifle at Olympics. 2021-07-24. Colombo Gazette. en-US.
  8. Web site: Goh . ZK . 2024-07-10 . IOC REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM PARIS 2024 ANNOUNCED, FORMED OF 36 ATHLETES . Olympics.

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