Snježana Pejčić (born 13 July 1982) is a Croatian athlete who competes in shooting. Her first notable success was winning silver at the Juniors European Shooting Championship in Thessaloniki in 2002, and she won second place at an ISSF World Cup held in Munich in 2008. She took up sports shooting at the age of 15 and she is a member of Lokomotiva sport shooting club in Rijeka. Her greatest success came at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she earned a bronze medal.[1][2]

Snježana Pejčić
Personal information
NationalityCroatian
Born (1982-01-25) 25 January 1982 (age 42)
Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryCroatia
SportShooting
EventAir rifle
ClubLokomotiva
Medal record
Women's Shooting
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 10 m air rifle
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Granada 50 m rifle 3 positions
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Changwon 50 m rifle 3 positions
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Prague 10 m air rifle
Gold medal – first place 2009 Prague Team 10 m air rifle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Maribor 10 m air rifle
Silver medal – second place 2011 Brescia Team 10 m air rifle
Silver medal – second place 2013 Osijek 50 m rifle 3 positions
Silver medal – second place 2015 Arnhem Mixed team 10 m air rifle
Silver medal – second place 2017 Maribor Team 10 m air rifle
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara 50 m rifle 3 positions

World records

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unrecognized result
= equalization of world record
Discipline F/Q Result Date and place
STR3X20 F 462.8 2015-01-28, Kuwait [3][4]*
STR3X20 F 463.0 2015-04-12, Changwon
STR3X20 Q = 592 2015-05-17, Fort Benning
STR3X20 Q 594 2016-04-22, Rio de Janeiro
R3X40 Q 1180 2018-04-26, Changwon

* unrecognized as WR due to insufficient number of countries entered

References

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  1. ^ "Medallists: CRO – Croatia". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Snježana Pejčić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Seno Čusto: Kažu promašio si sport, ali da se vrijeme može vratiti, sve bih ponovio". 16 April 2015.
  4. ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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