Sonja Pfeilschifter

Sonja Pfeilschifter (born 29 January 1971) is a German rifle shooter. After winning the 1991 World Junior Championship in 10 metre air rifle, she won the World Championships of 1994 and 1998, in 1998 doubling with a victory in 50 metre rifle three positions. Still without Olympic medals, she has a very large number of victories at ISSF World Cups and she holds several world records.

Sonja Pfeilschifter

Personal information
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1971-01-29) 29 January 1971 (age 54) Cham, Bavaria, West Germany
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	AR40, STR3X20, STR60PR
Club	SSG Dynamit Fürth
Coached by	Hubert Bichler Claus Dieter Roth
Medal record World Championships 1994 AR40 1998 AR40 1998 STR3X20 2010 STR3X20 2002 AR40 2006 STR3X20 ISSF World Cup Final 1999 AR40 1999 STR3X20 2000 AR40 2001 AR40 2008 STR3X20 2010 AR40 2003 STR3X20 2011 AR40 2011 STR3X20 1991 AR40 2004 STR3X20 2006 AR40 2006 STR3X20 2010 STR3X20 European Championships 1999 AR40 2001 AR40 2001 STR3X20 2001 STR60PR 2002 AR40 2005 STR60PR 2011 AR40 2011 STR3X20 1997 STR3X20 2003 STR3X20 2004 AR40 2006 AR40 2003 STR60PR 2007 AR40 2007 STR3X20 2009 STR3X20 2011 STR60PR

Olympic results

Event	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012
50 metre rifle three positions	28th 569	—	4th 585+93.5	6th 582+97.6	17th 578	19th 581
10 metre air rifle	30th 386	—	5th 395+100.9	6th 396+102.7	12th 396	—

Records

Current world records held in 50 metre rifle three positions
Women (ISSF)	Qualification	594	Snjezana Pejcic (CRO)	22 April 2016	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
	Final	698.0	Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER) (594+104.0)	28 May 2006	Munich (GER)
Women (CISM)	Individual	1183	Yulia Karimova (RUS)	3 June 2018	Thun (SUI)	edit
	Teams	3499	China (Gao, Shi, Wan)	3 June 2018	Thun (SUI)	edit
Current world records held in 50 metre rifle prone
Women (CISM)	Individual	625.5	Bae So-hee (KOR)	14 November 2016	Doha (QAT)	edit
	Teams	1861.0	China (Wan, Yin, Gao)  Germany (Müller, Beer, Rachl)	14 November 2016 14 November 2016	Doha (QAT) Doha (QAT)	edit
Current world records held in 10 metre air rifle
Women	Qualification	400	Seo Sun-hwa (KOR)  Gao Jing (CHN)  Lioubov Galkina (RUS)  Du Li (CHN)  Lioubov Galkina (RUS)  Suma Shirur (IND)  Lioubov Galkina (RUS)  Monika Haselsberger (AUT)  Barbara Lechner (GER)  Zhao Yinghui (CHN)  Wu Liuxi (CHN)  Du Li (CHN)  Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)  Kateřina Emmons (CZE)  Lioubov Galkina (RUS)  Yi Siling (CHN)	12 April 2002 22 April 2002 24 August 2002 4 June 2003 14 June 2003 13 February 2004 22 February 2004 22 April 2004 5 March 2005 11 April 2005 11 June 2005 4 October 2006 24 May 2008 9 August 2008 5 November 2008 1 August 2010	Sydney (AUS) Shanghai (CHN) Munich (GER) Zagreb (CRO) Munich (GER) Kuala Lumpur (MAS) Bangkok (THA) Athens (GRE) Tallinn (EST) Changwon (KOR) Munich (GER) Granada (ESP) Milan (ITA) Beijing (CHN) Bangkok (THA) Munich (GER)	edit
	Final	505.6	Yi Siling (CHN) (400+105.6)	1 August 2010	Munich (GER)	edit

External links

• Sonja Pfeilschifter at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• Sonja Pfeilschifter at Olympics.com
• Sonja Pfeilschifter at Team Deutschland (in German)
• Sonja Pfeilschifter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)