Launi Meili

(1963- ) lives in Lincoln. Athlete, educator, coach, won gold medal in women's three-position smallbore rifle event at 1992 Olympics, the only American woman to earn a gold medal in smallbore to date, she set numerous national and world shooting records during her competitive career; created the International Coach Certification Program, the highest level of coaching credential recognized by the USA Shooting and the National Rifle Association. Consult New York Times, July 31, 1992, p. B-10 and David Wallechinsky, The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Little, Brown, 1996) 607 and UNL Nebraska Alumnus, Fall 2002, p. 14 and UNL Daily Nebraskan, October 18, 2002, pp. 8, 10.

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