# Launi Meili

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{{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](/source/Spokane%2C_Washington), U.S.
| headercolor      = lightsteelblue
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [shooting](/source/shooting_sports) }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Shooting_at_the_Summer_Olympics) }}
{{MedalGold | {{nowrap|[1992 Barcelona](/source/1992_Summer_Olympics)}} | {{nowrap|[50 m rifle 3 positions](/source/Shooting_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_50_metre_rifle_three_positions)}} }}
}}

'''Launi Kay Meili''' (born June 4, 1963, in [Spokane, Washington](/source/Spokane%2C_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](/source/shooting_sports) and Olympic champion from [Cheney, Washington](/source/Cheney%2C_Washington). She won a gold medal at the [1992 Summer Olympics](/source/1992_Summer_Olympics) in [Barcelona](/source/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](/source/United_States_Air_Force_Academy).

Meili has been inducted into the [USA Shooting Hall of fame](/source/USA_Shooting).<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](/source/50_metre_rifle_three_positions)
| style="background: #ccffcc" | [7th](/source/Shooting_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_50_metre_rifle_three_positions)<br />582+94.5
| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} [Gold](/source/Shooting_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_50_metre_rifle_three_positions)<br />587+97.3
|-
| align=left | [10 metre air rifle](/source/10_metre_air_rifle)
| style="background: #ccffcc" | [6th](/source/Shooting_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_10_metre_air_rifle)<br />395+98.3
| [11th](/source/Shooting_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_10_metre_air_rifle)<br />391
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Olympic Champions Shooting STR3X20}}

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Category:1963 births
Category:Living people
Category:American female sport shooters
Category:ISSF rifle shooters
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle coaches
Category:Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
Category:Olympic medalists in shooting
Category:Air Force Falcons rifle coaches
Category:Sportspeople from Spokane, Washington
Category:Sportspeople from Cheney, Washington
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in shooting
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in shooting
Category:Shooters at the 1987 Pan American Games
Category:Shooters at the 1991 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century American sportswomen

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