Sheileen Waibel

Sheileen Waibel (born 3 January 2001) is an Austrian sports shooter.^[1] She has represented Austria in ISSF Air Rifle and 50M Rifle at European and World Championship level. Her father is Olympic medallist Wolfram Waibel Jr., and her grandfather is a five-time Olympian Wolfram Waibel Sr.

Sheileen Waibel

Personal information
Birth name	Sheileen Waibel
Citizenship	Austrian
Born	(2001-01-03) January 3, 2001 (age 24) Hohenems, Austria
Home town	Hohenems, Austria
Occupation	Sport Shooter
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country	Austria
Sport	Shooting
Events	10 meter air rifle 50 meter prone rifle 50 meter three position rifle
Club	SG Hohenems USG Altach
Coached by	Wolfram Waibel Christian Planer
Medal record World Championships 2021 Lima 50 m rifle prone junior 2023 Baku 50 m rifle prone team World Cup 2018 Suhl 50 m rifle prone junior 2021 Osijek 50 m rifle 3 positions team European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team European Championships 2015 Suhl 50m rifle three position women junior team 2021 Osijek 50m rifle three position mixed team 2021 Osijek 50m rifle three position women team 2022 Wroclaw 50m rifle prone mixed team 2025 Châteauroux 50 m Rifle Prone Team

Shooting career

Waibel started shooting at the age of 13,^[2] through her father Wolfram Waibel Jr., who won two medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta before becoming a national coach.

Waibel's first international selection was to the 2015 European Shooting Championships where she finished 24th individually in the Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle.^[3] With Nadine Ungerank and Verena Zaisberger she won a bronze medal in Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle team.^[4]

Her first international individual medal came at the 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl. She won silver in the 50m Prone Rifle, finished 7th in the final of the 50m Three-Position Rifle and placed 34th in the 10m Air Rifle.^[5][6][7]

At the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup she won the bronze medal in the 50m Prone Rifle.^[8]

At the 2021 European Championships she won silver in the 50m rifle three-position mixed team with Gernot Rumpler, and bronze in the 50m rifle three-position women's team, alongside Franziska Peer and Olivia Hoffman.^[9]

At the 2022 European Championships, she won the 50m prone rifle mixed team with Thomas Mathis.^[10][11]

At the 2023 World Championships, Waibel won team bronze in the Women's 50m Prone Rifle team event.^[12][13] In 2023, Waibel won the national inter-state team match competing for Vorarlberg with Marlene Pribitzer and Yvonne Klocker.^[14]