Deena Wigger
American sport shooter (born 1966)
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Deena Lynn Wigger (born August 27, 1966) is a retired American sport shooter, she is the daughter of the Olympic shooter Lones Wigger. She placed 10th in the 10 m air rifle shooting event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Deena training with her father, circa 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Deena Lynn Wigger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 27, 1966 Great Falls, Montana, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sports shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lones Wigger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wigger won a total of four gold medals at the Pan American Games in 1983–1995.[2] She also won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the 1986 and 1990 World Championships. In 1989 she broke the world record for air rifle with 389 of 400.[1]
Wigger attended college at Murray State University in Kentucky, helping them win an NCAA team championship. After the 1988 Olympics, she joined the Wyoming Air National Guard, and then the US Air Force, where she served as a medical technician and an assistant shooting coach at the US Air Force Academy.[1] In 1996 she was named the United States Air Force Athlete of the Year.
