Sheileen Waibel Explained

Sheileen Waibel
Birth Name:Sheileen Waibel
Citizenship:Austrian
Birth Date:3 January 2001
Birth Place:Hohenems, Austria
Hometown:Hohenems, Austria
Occupation:Sport Shooter
Height:158 cm
Weight:48 kg
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Country:Austria
Sport:Shooting
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Sheileen Waibel (born 3 January 2001) is an Austrian sports shooter. She has represented Austria in ISSF Air Rifle and 50M Rifle at European and World Championship level. Her father is Olympic medallist Wolfram Waibel Jr., and grandfather is five time Olympian Wolfram Waibel Sr.

Shooting career

Waibel started shooting at the age of 13, through her father Wolfram Waibel Jr., who won two medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta before becoming a national coach.

Waibel's first international selection was to the 2015 European Shooting Championships where she finished 24th individually in the Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle. With Nadine Ungerank and Verena Zaisberger she won a bronze medal Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle team.[1]

Her first international individual medal came at the 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl. She won silver in the 50m Prone Rifle, finished 7th in the final of the 50m Three-Position Rifle and placed 34th in the 10m Air Rifle.[2] [3] [4]

At the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup she won the bronze medal in the 50m Prone Rifle.[5]

At the 2021 European Championships she won silver in the 50m rifle three-position mixed team with Gernot Rumpler, and bronze in the 50m rifle three-position women's team, alongside Franziska Peer and Olivia Hoffman.[6]

At the 2022 European Championships, she won the 50m prone rifle mixed team with Thomas Mathis.[7] [8]

At the 2023 World Championships, Waibel won team bronze in the Women's 50m Prone Rifle team event.[9] [10] In 2023, Waibel won the national inter-state team match competing for Vorarlberg with Marlene Pribitzer and Yvonne Klocker.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - 50M RIFLE PRONE WOMEN JUNIOR TEAM . . 8 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240308104102/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=EuropeanChampionship2550300mShotgun20150718MariborSLO&FileName=50m/STR60PRWJ/4_INDI/I300000TA2307151440.20.STR60PR.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 8 March 2024 . en . 23 July 2015 . live.
  2. Web site: ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 50m RIFLE PRONE WOMEN JUNIOR . SIUS Shooting Results . 8 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240308094211/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20180622SuhlGER&FileName=50m/R60PRJ/4_INDI/I300000IA2406180815.20.R60PRJ.0.002.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 8 March 2024 . en . 24 June 2018 . live.
  3. Web site: ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 50m RIFLE 3 POSITIONS WOMEN JUNIOR FINAL . SIUS Shooting Results . 8 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240308094731/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20180622SuhlGER&FileName=50m/R3X40J/5_FINAL/F300000IA2606181500.20.R3X40J.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 8 March 2024 . en . 26 June 2018 . live.
  4. Web site: ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 10m AIR RIFLE WOMEN JUNIOR . SIUS Shooting Results . 8 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240308093655/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20180622SuhlGER&FileName=10m/AR60WJ/3_QUAL/Q300000IA2506180800.20.AR60WJ.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 8 March 2024 . en . 25 June 2018 . live.
  5. Web site: 50m RIFLE PRONE WOMEN JUNIOR . . 8 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240308102918/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20190712SuhlGER&FileName=50m/R60PRJ/4_INDI/I300000IA1407191015.20.R60PRJ.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 8 March 2024 . en . 14 July 2019 . live.
  6. News: Mike Rowbottom . Russia's Zykova wins double gold at European Shooting Championships . 11 March 2024 . . Dunsar Media Company . 31 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240311213112/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108461/ . 11 March 2024 . en . live.
  7. News: Europameister im Mixed . 11 March 2024 . VSPORT . cd mediateam Est . 17 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231211191656/https://www.vsport.online/europameister-im-mixed/ . 11 December 2023 . de.
  8. News: Patrick Burke . Germany defend 25m pistol women's team European title in Wrocław . 11 March 2024 . . Dunsar Media Company . 16 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220916224447/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128133/issf-european-champs-2022-germany . 16 September 2022 . en.
  9. News: Philip Barker . More Chinese gold as Azerbaijan win first medal at ISSF World Championships . 26 October 2023 . . Dunsar Media company . 23 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231026130756/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140127/azerbaijan-first-medal-issf-worlds . 26 October 2023 . en.
  10. News: Steiner jubelt über dritte WM-Medaille . 11 March 2024 . orf.at . Österreichischer Rundfunk . 23 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230823200702/https://sport.orf.at/stories/3115569/ . 23 August 2023 . de-at.
  11. News: Peter Sonnenberg . Premierengold für Marlene Pribitzer . 24 October 2023 . . 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.