KIEJKO Lynda

Date of Birth: 13 Sep 1980

Age: 40

Gender: Female

Place of birth: WINCHESTER, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : CALGARY, AB

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	10m Air Pistol Women	47
	25m Pistol Women	42

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	10m Air Pistol Women's Qualification	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - 25m Range	25m Pistol Women's Qualification Precision	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - 25m Range	25m Pistol Women's Qualification Rapid	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	38	38

World Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team X
2018	Changwon, KOR	49	-	55
2014	Granada, ESP	47	72	-
2006	Zagreb, CRO	91	91	-

Championships of the Americas

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol
2018	Guadalajara, MEX	1

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol
2019	1 x 35th	1 x 75th
2018	1 x 17th	-
2017	1 x 63rd	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
17	2018	10m Air Pistol	Fort Benning, GA, USA
35	2019	10m Air Pistol	Munich, GER
63	2017	10m Air Pistol	Munich, GER
75	2019	25m Pistol	Munich, GER

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Previous names:

Occupation:

Athlete, Engineer

Civil Engineering - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CAN

Husband Kevin, three children including daughter Olivia [2014]

Languages spoken:

Calgary Rifle and Pistol Club [Canada]

Lisa Borgerson [national]

Left eye, left hand (issf-sports.org, 12 Jul 2015)

Sporting relatives:

Her father Bill competed in shooting at three consecutive Olympic Games between 1964 and 1972. Her older sister Dorothy Ludwig has also competed in the sport and represented Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Jan 2020; olympic.org, 13 Jul 2018; olympic.ca, 19 Jun 2015; commonwealthgames.ca, 05 Jul 2014)

She began shooting in 1992. (canadianshootingstars.com, 2016; issf-sports.org, 03 Jul 2014)

She followed her father into the sport. "My dad rearranged the basement and built this air pistol range. He asked my sister and I, 'Hey, do you want to give it a try?' He shared his passion for shooting sports and became the catalyst for my journey in competitive pistol shooting." (olympic.org, 13 Jul 2018; canadianshootingstars.com, 2016; olympic.ca, 19 Jun 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympic.org, 13 Jul 2018)

Her father. (motivatecanada.ca, 2016)

She always travels with a Canadian dollar coin. (olympic.ca, 19 Jun 2015)

Philosophy:

"Assume you can, until proven otherwise." (motivatecanada.ca, 2016)

General Interest

General
SIBLING RIVALRY
She competed against her sister, Dorothy, as both aimed to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. "I placed second to my sister, Dorothy, and had the great privilege of going to the Olympics as part of her support staff. This was one of the most valuable experiences of my competition career. It gave me a new perspective on performance, and a new respect for the stress of being a coach. Target shooting taught me to always find the learning opportunity, so even in the throws of loss at the Olympic trials, I grasped the opportunity to view the Olympic Games from a lens athletes don't usually get." (canadianshootingstars.com, 2016)

SPORT AND CAREER
She studied engineering and says she sees parallels between sport and the subject. "I went into engineering because I love maths. Engineering and shooting have a lot in common. There is a direct correlation. In engineering, when you're dealing with a problem, you're going to look at the big picture and figure out how it all fits together and then break it down into individual parts so you understand how everything works. In shooting it is very similar." (tokyo2020.org, 12 Nov 2020; olympic.org, 13 Jul 2018)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as an athlete representative for the Shooting Federation of Canada [SFC]. (sfc-ftc.ca, 17 Dec 2013)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/lhare
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lynda-kiejko/22/659/2b5
https://twitter.com/Cdnshootingstar
Athlete Website: http://www.canadianshootingstars.com

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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