Nina Christen
Swiss sports shooter (born 1994)
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Nina Christen (born 7 February 1994) is a Swiss sports shooter.[2] She competed at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympic Games. At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, held in 2021, she won gold in the women's 50 metre rifle three-position and bronze in the women's 10 metre air rifle, becoming the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic gold medal in shooting. At the 2023 European Games she won three gold medals and a silver. Christen retired from competitive shooting in 2025.
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| Nationality | Swiss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | ninachristen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Retired | December 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shooting career
Christen joined the junior squad of the Swiss Shooting Federation in 2009. In 2011 she won her first Swiss national championship title.[3] At the 2014 World Championships, she won silver in the junior women's three-position rifle event.[4]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Christen finished 16th in the women's 10 metre air rifle. In the 50 metre three-position rifle event she qualified second and finished sixth in the final.[5]
In 2019 she won her first ISSF World Cup medal at the Delhi World Cup, taking gold in the 50 metre three-position rifle. The result also earned her a quota place for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
At the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, held in 2021, Christen became the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic gold medal in shooting when she won the women's 50 metre rifle three-position event with an Olympic record.[7] She also won bronze in the 10 metre air rifle event.[8][9] After her Olympic victory, Christen took a longer break from competition.[10] She later began working with Danish coach Torben Grimmel.[3]
At the 2023 European Games, Christen won three gold medals and a silver.[11] The same year, she secured a quota place for Switzerland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[3] At the Paris Games, she carried the Swiss flag at the opening ceremony together with mountain biker Nino Schurter.[10]
At the 2025 World Championships in Cairo, Christen won silver in the 50 metre three-position rifle team event with Emely Jäggi and Vivien Jäggi.[12]
Outside competition, in 2022 Christen started training as a helicopter pilot.[13] She obtained a private helicopter pilot licence in October 2025.[3] She retired from competitive shooting at the end of 2025.[14]
