Gabriele Bühlmann

Gabriele "Gaby" Bühlmann (born 27 April 1964, in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss rifle shooter who competed at five Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004.

Gabriele Bühlmann

Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1964-04-27) 27 April 1964 (age 61)
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Shooting
Events	10 metre air rifle 50 metre rifle three positions 50 metre rifle prone
Coached by	Heinz Reinkemeier
Retired	2004

Shooting career

Bühlmann won 14 ISSF World Cup medals between 1987 and 2002, competing at four World Cup Finals.^[1] She competed at three ISSF World Championships, with a best finish of fourth in the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle at the 1994 Chamhionships.^[1]

She is, jointly with equestrian Markus Fuchs, the seventh Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics,^[1] after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul Accola.

Coaching career

She is the coach of 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal-winning 10m air-rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra.^[2][3] She is co-author of Ways of the Rifle, a seminal coaching book on ISSF rifle disciplines.^[4]

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games