Yukie Nakayama Explained
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| Yukie Nakayama |
| Residence: | Utsunomiya, Tochigi |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Yūki, Ibaraki |
| Weight: | 490NaN0 |
| Sport: | Shooting |
| Event: | Trap, double trap |
| Club: | Hitachi Kenki (JPN) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
is a Japanese trap shooter, who competed at three Olympic games and won the silver medal at the 2013 ISSF World Championships.[1] [2] Nakayama made her official Olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she finished thirteenth in the women's double trap, with a score of 94 points, tying her position with Finland's Pia Julin.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Nakayama competed in trap shooting, where she scored a total of 67 points in the qualifying round.[3] She added nineteen more shots to obtain a total of 86 points in the final, but missed out of the bronze medal triumph to United States' Corey Cogdell, after competing in a four-person shoot-out[4] [5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Nakayama, however, failed to qualify for the final, after hitting a total of sixty-five targets in women's trap shooting, finishing in fifteenth place, behind her former opponent and Olympic silver medalist Daina Gudzinevičiūtė of Lithuania[6]
Nakayama currently lives in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, with her daughter.
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Notes and References
- Yukie Nakayama. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212230/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/yukie-nakayama-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 4 December 2012.
- Web site: Yukie Nakayama. London 2012. 4 December 2012. 13 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120913175731/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/nakayama-yukie-1016334/. dead.
- Web site: Women's Trap Qualification . . 4 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816051602/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHW401901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
- Web site: Women's Trap Final. NBC Olympics. 4 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120816051618/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHW401101/index.html. 16 August 2012. dead.
- Web site: American Cogdell earns a bronze. The Associated Press. NBC Olympics. 10 August 2008. 4 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120816162051/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/news/newsid=192631.html#american+cogdell+earns+bronze. 16 August 2012. dead.
- Web site: Women's Trap – Qualification. London 2012. 4 December 2012. 11 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130111034746/www.london2012.com/shooting/event/women-trap/phase=shw401900/index.html. dead.
