Teo Shun Xie

Teo Shun Xie (born September 30, 1988) is a Singaporean sport shooter.[1] In 2014, Teo had set a final meet record in the women's air pistol to claim her first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.[2] Teo currently trains for the Singaporean national team under the tutelage of Russian-born head coach Anatoly Babushkin.[1][3]

Teo Shun Xie
Personal information
Full nameTeo Shun Xie
Nationality Singapore
Born (1988-09-30) 30 September 1988
Singapore, Singapore
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
Coached byZhen Tingling
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Singapore
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow AP40
Southeast Asia Games
2015 Singapore 2015 Southeast Asia Games – Women's 10 metre air pistol

Teo made her international debut at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, claiming only the silver medal in the women's 10 m air pistol.[1] Teo's untimely success in marksmanship came at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland by the following year. There, she notched the final Games record score of 198.6 points ahead of India's Malaika Goel and Canada's 2012 Olympian Dorothy Ludwig to win her first gold medal in the women's air pistol.[2][4]

When Singapore hosted the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, Teo scored a fantastic 199.0 in the air pistol final by a slender 2.3-point lead over Thailand's Pim-on Klaisuban to add another gold to her treasury.[5]

Leading up to her Olympic debut, Teo had finished sixth with 12 points in the semifinal stage of the women's sport pistol (25 m), but managed to secure one of the available berths to the Games for Singapore at the 2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament in New Delhi, India.[6]

In the Rio Olympics 2016, she clinched the 37th place for the 10m Women's Air Pistol event and 29th place for the 25m Women's Air Pistol event.

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Teo Shun Xie". ISSF. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. Nair, Sanjay (25 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: First gold for Singapore as Teo Shun Xie wins 10m air pistol". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. Brijnath, Rohit (5 August 2014). "Years of quiet toil reap gold at last". AsiaOne. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. "Commonwealth champ Teo Shun Xie bags gold in 10m air pistol". Singapore: Today. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. Choo, Nigel (7 June 2015). "Commonwealth Games: First gold for Singapore as Teo Shun Xie wins 10m air pistol". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  6. Tan, Noah (31 January 2016). "Shooting: Singapore's Jasmine Ser and Teo Shun Xie clinch Rio Olympic spots". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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