Back فرجينيا ثراشير Arabic Virginia Thrasher AST Вірджынія Трэшэр Byelorussian Virginia Thrasher Danish Virginia Thrasher German Virginia Thrasher Spanish ویرجینیا ترشر Persian Virginia Thrasher Finnish Virginia Thrasher French Virginia Thrasher Hungarian
 Virginia Thrasher at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 28, 1997 Rome, New York,[1] U.S. |
| Education | West Virginia University |
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (155 cm)[2] |
| Weight | 119 lb (54 kg)[2] |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Events | |
| University team | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | |
Medal record | |
Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher[4] (born February 28, 1997) is an American sports shooter[5] who won a gold medal in the women's 10 meter air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the first gold medal awarded at the 2016 Olympics.[2][6][7]
Thrasher's gold medal came during the first time she had competed in the Olympics, beating two Chinese athletes, previous Olympic gold medalists Du Li and Yi Siling.[6] Thrasher's victory was considered a surprise as she had no major international competition experience prior to the 2016 Olympics.[8]
Before the 2016 Olympics, Thrasher wanted to be a figure skater. She has said she was never any good and by her freshman year of high school, she realized she had no future in it. She switched sports in 2011 after going hunting with her grandfather.[4]
- ^ "First Olympic gold medal in Rio goes to shooter born in Rome". Rome Sentinel. August 6, 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Virginia Thrasher". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ^ Sport, Guardian (August 6, 2016). "Virginia Thrasher wins first gold medal of Rio Olympics for USA in 10m air rifle". The Observer. The Guardian. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "Ginny Thrasher: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". heavy.com. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ^ "ISSF Athlete Profile". ISSF. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ^ a b "Rio 2016 / USA's Virginia Thrasher wins first gold of Rio Olympics". sportscafe.in. August 6, 2016.
- ^ "Virginia Thrasher wins first gold of Rio Olympics". The Times of India. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ OlympicTalk (February 10, 2020). "First four U.S. shooters qualify for Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved March 24, 2022.