Launi Meili

{{Short description|American sport shooter (born 1963)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Launi Meili | image = | caption = | fullname = Launi Kay Meili | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 4, 1963}} | birth_place = Spokane, Washington, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's shooting }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | {{nowrap|1992 Barcelona}} | {{nowrap|50 m rifle 3 positions}} }} }}

'''Launi Kay Meili''' (born June 4, 1963, in Spokane, Washington)<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/launi-meili-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/launi-meili-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Launi Meili |accessdate=May 29, 2015}}</ref> is an American sport shooter and Olympic champion from Cheney, Washington. She won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.<ref name=db-ol>{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=SHO |title=1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Shooting |website=databaseOlympics.com |accessdate=February 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823075028/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=SHO |archivedate=August 23, 2008 }}</ref>

Following her Olympic career, she coached the all-woman University of Nebraska rifle team to the co-ed NCAA National Championship. In 2008, she was appointed rifle coach at the United States Air Force Academy.

Meili has been inducted into the USA Shooting Hall of fame.<ref name=hall-of-fame>{{cite web |url=https://www.usashooting.org/about/alumni-association/hall-of-fame/launi-meili |website=usashooting.org |title=Hall of Fame - Launi Meili |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! colspan=3 | Olympic results |- ! Event ! 1988 ! 1992 |- | align=left | 50 metre rifle three positions | style="background: #ccffcc" | 7th<br />582+94.5 | style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} Gold<br />587+97.3 |- | align=left | 10 metre air rifle | style="background: #ccffcc" | 6th<br />395+98.3 | 11th<br />391 |}

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