Marlene Pribitzer Explained

Marlene Pribitzer
Birth Name:Marlene Pribitzer
Citizenship:Austrian
Birth Date:16 January 1997
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Hometown:Matzen, Austria
Occupation:Sport Shooter
Height:174 cm
Weight:70 kg
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Country:Austria
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 meter air rifle
Coach:Wolfram Waibel

Marlene Pribitzer (born 16 January 1997) is an Austrian sports shooter. 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.[1] By age 12 she progressed to standing in order to compete. 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.[2] [3]

Senior career

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

In 2023, Pribitzer won her first national title in the inter-state team match competing for Vorarlberg with Sheileen Waibel and Yvonne Klocker.[4]

Pribitzer competed for FSG Titting in the DSB Bundesliga in Germany, but moved to the Mertingen Schützen team in 2023.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jungschützin ist voll auf Erfolgskurs . Kurier . k-digital Medien . 24 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201203020751/https://kurier.at/chronik/niederoesterreich/jungschuetzin-ist-voll-auf-erfolgskurs/811.574 . 3 December 2020 . Matzen . de-at . 15 September 2012 . live.
  2. Web site: ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 10m AIR RIFLE WOMEN JUNIOR . SIUS Shooting Results . 24 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171207135133/https://results.sius.com/ShootEvent.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldChampionship20170622SuhlGER&ShootEvent=AR40WJ . 7 December 2017 . en . 26 June 2017 . live.
  3. Web site: ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 50m RIFLE PRONE WOMEN JUNIOR . SIUS Shooting Results . 24 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171207143526/https://results.sius.com/ShootEvent.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldChampionship20170622SuhlGER&ShootEvent=STR60PRWJ . 7 December 2017 . en . 24 June 2017 . live.
  4. News: Peter Sonnenberg . Premierengold für Marlene Pribitzer . 24 October 2023 . NÖN . 10 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110024425/https://m.noen.at/sport/gaenserndorf/schuetzensport-premierengold-fuer-marlene-pribitzer-matzen-raggendorf-schuetzensport-marlene-pribitzer-nadine-ungerank-luftgewehr-print-299792786 . 10 November 2021 . de-at.
  5. News: Schießsport: Mertingen ist dem Ziel Bundesliga ein kleines Stück nähereines Stück näher . 24 October 2023 . Donauwörther Zeitung . Augsburger Allgemeine . 10 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231024114657/https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/donauwoerth/sport/schiesssport-mertingen-ist-dem-ziel-bundesliga-ein-kleines-stueck-naeher-id68139986.html . 24 October 2023 . de.
  6. News: Schwieriger Auftakt mit Happy End: FSG Titting enttäuscht gegen Mertingen – Stechschuss sichert Sieg gegen Kastl . 24 October 2023 . Donaukurier . 18 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231019014604/https://www.donaukurier.de/regionalsport/landkreis-eichstaett/schwieriger-auftakt-mit-happy-end-fsg-titting-enttaeuscht-gegen-mertingen-stechschuss-sichert-sieg-gegen-kastl-14601576 . 19 October 2023 . de.