Mary Tucker
Personal information
Full nameMary Carolynn Tucker
Nationality United States
Born (2001-07-20) July 20, 2001
Pineville, North Carolina, USA
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight120 lb (54 kg)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportShooting
ClubKentucky Wildcats
Coached byJayme Shipley
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing the  United States
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo Mixed 10 metre air rifle team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku50 m rifle 3 positions team
Silver medal – second place2022 Cairo10m air rifle team
Bronze medal – third place2022 Cairo50 m rifle prone
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2021 New Delhi 10 metre air rifle
World Summer University Games
Silver medal – second place2021 Chengdu10 m Air rifle
Bronze medal – third place2021 ChengduMixed 10 m Air rifle team

Mary Carolynn Tucker (born July 20, 2001 in Pineville, North Carolina) is an American sport shooter.[1] She won silver in the 10m air rifle mixed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Previously she has won gold at the 2021 ISSF World Cup in the 10 metre air rifle.[2] She also won a silver medal in 10 metre air rifle team women and a bronze medal in 10m air rifle mixed team in the ISSF World Cup 2021, New Delhi. After the games she took home 6 medals from the Junior World Championships and the 10 meter air rifle championship from the 2021 Pan American Games. Tucker is right handed and is right eye dominant.[3]

After completing high school at Sarasota Military Academy she enrolled at the University of Kentucky (UK).[4] Tucker qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in February 2020 for Tokyo Olympics in air rifle.[5] In March 2021, she led UK to the NCAA rifle team championship, winning individual titles in both contested disciplines of air rifle and smallbore. She has since doubled the NCAA team championship as well as winning overall high performer for the second straight year. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mary Tucker". Team USA. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Mary Tucker Wins Women's Air Rifle 10M Gold at ISSF World Cup". University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  3. ↑ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Women's Air Rifle, Women's Smallbore Rifle".
  5. ↑ "SHOOTERS MARY TUCKER, ALISON WEISZ QUALIFY FOR FIRST OLYMPIC TEAMS AFTER AIR RIFLE TRIALS". Archived from the original on February 12, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kentucky wins the 2021 college rifle championship". NCAA. March 13, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
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