Lalita Yauhleuskaya

Lalita Yauhleuskaya

Medal record
Competitor for  Belarus
Women's shooting
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Women's 25 metre pistol
Competitor for  Australia
Women's shooting
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	Sport pistol
	2002 Manchester	Sport pistol pairs
	2002 Manchester	Air pistol
	2006 Melbourne	10 m pistol
	2006 Melbourne	10 m pistol pairs
	2006 Melbourne	25 m pistol
	2006 Melbourne	25 m pistol pairs
	2010 Dehli	25 m pistol pairs
	2002 Manchester	Air pistol pairs
	2014 Glasgow	25 m pistol

Lalita Yauhleuskaya (born 1963 in Belarus) is a professional sporting shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney representing Belarus and currently represents Australia in international competition.^[1]

Yauhleuskaya began competitive shooting at age 13. In 1986, representing the Soviet Union, she finished 5th in the women's 10 metre air pistol at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Suhl, Germany. Ten years later she was selected in the Belarusian team for the Atlanta Olympics where she placed 8th in the 10m air pistol. Four years later she picked up her bronze medal in the women's 25 metre pistol at the Sydney Olympics. She became an Australian citizen after the Sydney Olympics and represented her new country in Athens and Beijing. She was also selected for the Australian team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in 40th in the women's 10 m air pistol^[2] and 17th in the women's 25 m pistol.^[3] In 2014 Commonwealth Games, she clinched Bronze Medal in women’s 25-metre pistol event.^[4]

References

2. "10m Air Pistol Results". http://www.olympic.org/. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
3. "25m pistol". http://www.olympic.org/. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
4. "Pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat wins gold, Anisa Sayyed silver, Lalita Yauhleuskaya Bronze". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.