Sporting Profile - Lauryn Mark

Name:·Lauryn Annyn Mark
Occupation:·Athlete/Company Director (Corporate Shooting Stars Pty Ltd)
Sport:·Clay Target·Shooting
Event:·Skeet
Sponsor:·Beretta
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Major Results:·

• 1998 World Cup Grand Prix Women’s Bronze Medal - USA
• 1999 Australian Grand Prix Women’s Champion - Brisbane
• 1999 Australian National Women's Champion
• 1999 United States National Women’s Champion
• 2000 Australian Grand Prix Women’s Champion - Brisbane
• 2000 World Cup Finalist - Sydney
• 2000 World Cup Finalist - Italy
• 2000 World Cup Finalist - Cyprus
• 2000 Australian National Women's Champion
• 2001 Australian Grand Prix Open Champion - Brisbane
• 2001 World Cup Finalist - Seoul
• 2001 World Cup Finalist - Doha
• 2001 Australian National Women's Champion
• 2002 Australian National Women's Champion
• 2002 Commonwealth Games Pairs Women's Champion - Manchester
• 2002 Commonwealth Games Open Women's Champion - Manchester
• 2003 Australian National Women's Champion
• 2003 World Cup Finalist - Perth
• 2003 World Cup Finalist - Granada
• 2003 World Cup Final Silver Medal - Rome
• 2004 Australian National Women's Champion
• 2004 World Cup Finalist - Sydney
• 2004 4th Place at Olympic Games - Athens
• 2005 Commonwealth Shooting Federation Champion - Melbourne
• 2006 Commonwealth Games Pairs Gold Medal - Melbourne
• 2006 Commonwealth Games Individual Silver Medal - Melbourne
• 2008 Australian National Women's Champion
• 2009 Australian National Women's Champion
• 2010 Australian National Women's Champion
• 2011 Australian National Women's Champion

Summary:·

In 1999 Lauryn Mark (previously known as Lauryn Ogilvie) created history by becoming the youngest competitor ever to win the United States Open Women’s Skeet Championship. This win underlined the enormous potential she had shown since first competing as an eleven year old in her native California in the United States . Her National Championship also aroused the attention of the Worlds largest firearm manufacturer, the Italian Company Beretta, who have now signed this modern day “Annie Oakley” to a five year contract until the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . Lauryn resigned with Beretta after Athens until 2008.

Lauryn’s first competition Internationally for the United States was in 1997 at the World Championships in Peru . Since then she has competed with distinction for the USA at competitions in Italy , Spain , USA , Australia , England , Finland , Cyprus , Egypt , Korea and Qatar . · Lauryn has now completed her shooting career for the USA and will now be pursuing her goals as an Australian. ·The 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester was Lauryn's first real test competing for her newly adopted country. ·She came through with flying colors winning both the Teams and Individual Gold Medals. ·In the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne she neared duplicating her performance four years earlier but after a sudden-death shoot-off for four positions she managed to secure an Individual Silver Medal and a Gold Medal in the teams event.·Her return from the Athens Olympics with a respectable fourth place finish only one target short of what was needed to shoot-off for the Silver and Bronze medal will no doubt spur her on to gain a spot on to the medal stand at a future Olympics.