2021 European Clay target shooting Championships (Osijek): Z

The individual Junior Trap finals took place on the Osijek platforms. Zina Hrdlickova, a shooter relyng on Gemini chokes, stood out thanks to her excellent performance thus attaining the bronze medal in the Olympic Youth Trap final round. Two years after ranking third at the world championships, the young athlete healing from Brno managed to add a new medal to her collection.

Our shooter endured an uphill opening thus resorting to her best skills, as she was aware of the occurring opportunity. Although ranking sixth in the qualification round and an unpromising start of the competition towards the medal, that saw Zina immediately fall to the last place, the athlete then moved up in the standings breaking one target after another and rising ahead of her opponents. Hence the Czech athlete finished third surrendering only to the British Lucy Charlotte Hall and the Lusitanian Maria Ines Coelho De Barros by the score of 30 out of 40.

The young shooter is still amazed because of the feat she was able to attain. “Perhaps it could have ended even better” – Zina said - “I didn't perform very well neither in my training sessions nor in the qualification round, however in the end I succeeded, with enormous surprise and great satisfaction”.

The daughter of Petr Hrdlicka, crowned champion at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, is increasingly following in her father's footsteps, who is always by her side and ready to shore her up on any competition fields.
Congratulations Zina on your achievement and break a leg for the upcoming competitions. We are happy that such a renowned young athlete is part of our family!