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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 Open Women's Champion
1999 United States National Open 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 Open 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
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 in
Beijing.
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