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Virginia Thrasher

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Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher (born February 28, 1997) is an American sports shooter who won a gold medal in the women's 10 meter air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the first gold medal awarded at the 2016 Olympics. Thrasher's gold medal came during the first time she had competed in the Olympics, beating two Chinese athletes, previous Olympic gold medalists Du Li and Yi Siling. Thrasher's victory was considered a surprise as she had no major international competition experience prior to the 2016 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Virginia Thrasher is the 6,985th most popular athlete (up from 7,574th in 2019), the 20,084th most popular biography from United States (up from 20,237th in 2019) and the 827th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Virginia Thrasher ranks 6,985 out of 6,025. Before her are Trevor Jones, Geandry Garzón, Tessa Gobbo, Ronald Levy, Kim Song-guk, and Claire Michel. After her are Paulo Roberto Paula, Gretchen Bleiler, Pierre Houin, Kami Craig, Fabienne Kocher, and Anna-Maria Alexandri.

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Among people born in 1997, Virginia Thrasher ranks 870. Before her are Jordyn Poulter, Bobby Coleman, Marios Georgiou, Daniel Asenov, Abiba Abuzhakynova, and Lalela Mswane. After her are Farouk Miya, Anna-Maria Alexandri, Masashi Wada, Christian Rivera, Szymon Sajnok, and Abilkhan Amankul.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virginia Thrasher ranks 20,092 out of 20,380. Before her are Max Hoff (null), Emma Coburn (1990), Justin Hamilton (1990), Pierce Gagnon (2005), Tessa Gobbo (1990), and Dan Mintz (1981). After her are Gretchen Bleiler (1981), Chris Copeland (1984), Kami Craig (1987), Brandan Wright (1987), Ajeé Wilson (1994), and Steve Birnbaum (1991).

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