Maria Faka

Maria Faka (Greek: Μαρία Φάκα; born January 2, 1979 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek sport shooter.[2] She was selected as one of eleven shooters to represent the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and had yielded numerous top 25 finishes in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships.[1] Faka trains at Arhelaos Katerinis Shooting Club in Katerini under the tutelage of Konstantinos Myrotis.[1][3]

Maria Faka
Personal information
Full nameMaria Faka
Nationality Greece
Born (1983-10-25) 25 October 1983
Thessaloniki, Greece
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
ClubArhelaos Katerinis[1]
Coached byKonstantinos Myrotis[1]

Faka was named as part of the host nation's shooting team to compete in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4] She had registered a minimum qualifying score of 393 from her outside-final finish at the ISSF World Cup meet in Changwon, South Korea to fill in one of the Olympic berths reserved to the host nation.[1][5] Faka shot a decent 388 out of a possible 400 to tie for thirty-third place with Belgium's Daisy de Bock, Denmark's Ann Spejlsgaard, and Egypt's Shimaa Abdel-Latif in the qualifying round, failing to advance further to the final.[6][7]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Maria Faka". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Faka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "Ισοφάρισε το ρεκόρ... ξανά" [Faka matches her own record again] (in Greek). OnSports.gr. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. Kostas, Sotirios (28 April 2002). "Το ολυμπιακό βάθρο σημαδεύουν οι σκοπευτές" [Shooters aimed for the Olympic podium] (in Greek). To Vima. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. "Εκτός τελικού Σμυρλή και Φακά στα 10μ. αεροβόλου τουφεκιού" [No finals for Smirli and Faka in the 10 m air rifle] (in Greek). In.gr. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2015.


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