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Libby Kosmala OAM

Twelve-time Paralympian in three different sports, Libby Kosmala was in-
nd
ducted into the South Australian Sports Hall of Fame on 22 November
2019. Among her many achievements, she set a World record at the
1994 World Championships in Austria in the Air Rifle Prone event.
Libby dominated Paralympic rifle shooting in Australia for most of her
career which has spanned nearly 50 years and has won nine Paralympic
medals. As a shooter she is a
phenomenon and, since retiring
from competitive shooting, has
switched her energy to assisting
others through coaching.

She was awarded an Order of Australia in 1985 for her services to the
sport of Rifle shooting and the disabled community.

At the time of compiling this note, the following files were added to
Shooting.by, showing the dominance Libby has displayed as a competitor.
Australia currently ranked 3rd in terms of Paralympic Games in Rifle; 1st
in the world in Individual and in the last table Libby takes 1st place with 9 Gold whilst also from Australia in 3rd
place is Barbara Caspers, with 5 Gold
Photos provided by Yvonne Hill (friend and coach of
many years) taken at presentation night
Medal Standing at the Paralympic Games 1976-2016 by NOC for RIFLE

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 SWE Sweden 1980-2012 23 8 16 47

2 KOR Republic of Korea 1988-2016 16 12 9 37
3 AUS Australia 1976-2012 15 5 3 23
4 GER Germany 1992-2016 7 13 10 30
5 CHN People's Republic of China 1996-2016 6 5 6 17

Medal Standing at the Paralympic Games1976-2016 by NOC for Women Rifle Individual

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 AUS Australia 1976-2012 14 4 2 20
2 KOR Republic of Korea 1992-2016 7 5 2 14
3 CHN People's Republic of China 1988-2016 6 6 3 15

4 GBR Great Britain 1984-2004 6 4 5 15
5 SVK Slovakia 2008-2016 3 1 1 5

Multi-Medalists at Paralympic Games 1976-2016 Women Rifle
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 AUS KOSMALA, Elizabeth 1976-1998 9 3 12
2 KOR KIM Im Yeon 1992-2008 5 3 1 9

3 AUS CASPERS, Barbara 1980-1984 5 1 1 7
4 CHN ZHANG Cuiping 2008-2016 4 3 2 9
5 GBR COATES Deanna 1984-2000 3 3 2 8

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