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'''Sandra Fong''' (born April 15, 1990, in New York, New York) is an American Olympic sport shooter.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Sandra Fong|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/sandra-fong-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230328/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/sandra-fong-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 17, 2020|access-date = January 6, 2013}}</ref>

She is a multiple-time American junior record holder, and a three-time medalist (one gold and two silver) for the small-bore rifle prone and rifle three positions at the U.S. National Shooting Championships.<ref name=fong-shooting>{{cite news|title=Sandra Fong Shoots To Glory|url=http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=1031|publisher=Right Fielders|date=September 10, 2008|accessdate=January 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230512/http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=1031|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Fong competed in the women's 50 m rifle 3 positions, finishing in 21st place. She won a gold medal, as a member of the U.S. rifle shooting team, at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany.<ref name=fong-gold>{{cite news|last=McGinty|first=Katie|title=Shooting: Golden Richmond Snags Second USA Olympic Quota|url=http://pressbox.teamusa.org/Pages/SHOOTING--Golden-Richmond-Snags-Second-USA-Olympic-Quota.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416015509/http://pressbox.teamusa.org/Pages/SHOOTING--Golden-Richmond-Snags-Second-USA-Olympic-Quota.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2013|publisher=USOC Press Box|date=August 7, 2010|accessdate=January 6, 2013}}</ref>

==Family life and education== Fong was born and raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York by her parents Nicole Bergman, an attorney, and Yuman Fong, a resident surgeon at the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, emigrating from Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Katie|title=Swimmer Inspires Sisters to Shoot for Beijing|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/sports/olympics/08shooting.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date=August 8, 2008|accessdate=January 6, 2013}}</ref> She began rifle shooting with her siblings and father as a family sport. Her older sister, Abigail Fong, is a past U.S. national shooting champion, a member of the Princeton University rifle team, and a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wu|first=Jason|title=Fong takes aim with world's best|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2007/04/10/18009/|work=Daily Princetonian|date=April 10, 2007|accessdate=January 6, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120053420/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2007/04/10/18009/|archive-date=January 20, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her younger sister, Danielle Fong, who has cerebral palsy, is a member of the U.S. Paralympic team (Beijing, 2008).<ref name=fong-001>{{cite news|last=Paul|first=Alan|title=Getting to know: Sandra Fong|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/news/newsid=209863.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|date=August 13, 2008|accessdate=January 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816163232/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/news/newsid=209863.html|archive-date=August 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2008, Fong graduated from Hunter College High School in Manhattan, where she also competed for track and field and swimming.<ref name=fong-002>{{cite news|last=Boyle|first=Christina|title=From judo to fencing, 8 locals dream of winning big at Olympics|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/judo-fencing-8-locals-dream-winning-big-olympics-article-1.314135|work=Daily News (New York)|date=August 2, 2008|accessdate=January 6, 2013}}</ref> She attended Princeton University as a pre-medicine student and theater and anthropology major, and eventually joined her sister Abigail to become a member for the University's rifle shooting club, graduating in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tucci|first=Peter|title=Sniper sisters shoot round the world|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/10/02/21621/|work=Daily Princetonian|date=October 2, 2008|accessdate=January 6, 2013|archive-date=February 15, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215191132/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/10/02/21621/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="princeton.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/hpa/vitals/20141007PPMSAlternativeRoutes.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217111128/http://www.princeton.edu/hpa/vitals/20141007PPMSAlternativeRoutes.pdf |archivedate=December 17, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> She attended the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, after having been admitted to Mount Sinai in her sophomore year at Princeton.<ref name="princeton.edu"/> She is currently a general surgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital.

She is Jewish, and is a member of Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/category/person/yuman_fong |work=Jewish Week |title=Yuman Fong &#124; the Jewish Week |access-date=June 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052422/http://www.thejewishweek.com/category/person/yuman_fong |archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/2012/08/jewish-olympic-shooter-sandra-fong.html|title = Jewish Marksmanship: Jewish Olympic Shooter Sandra Fong Tweets; Visits Israel|date = August 22, 2012}}</ref>

==Shooting career== Since beginning the sport, Fong had competed in numerous shooting tournaments, where she achieved junior records and top finishes for the small-bore rifle prone and rifle three positions, including three medals (one gold and two silver) at the U.S. National Shooting Championships (2006–08).<ref name=fong-shooting/>

At the age of eighteen, Fong reached her breakthrough in shooting, when she edged out her sister Abigail by three tenths of a point (0.3) in the rifle three positions at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Fort Benning, Georgia, with a score of 672.7 points.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beyerle, Fong in the Lead Women's 3-Position Rifle at 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials|url=http://www.shootingwire.com/shooting_wire_release.html?releaseID=130458|website=The Shooting Wire|date=May 21, 2008|accessdate=January 6, 2013}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Finishing second from the trials, she guaranteed a qualifying place for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as the youngest member of the U.S. shooting team.<ref name=fong-001/>

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Fong competed in the women's 50 m rifle 3 positions, along with her teammate Jamie Beyerle. She was able to shoot 196 targets each in prone and kneeling position, and 185 in standing, for a total score of 577 points, finishing in twenty-first place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHW104901/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=January 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816050347/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHW104901/index.html|archivedate=August 16, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Two years after competing in her first Olympics, Fong captured two silver medals for the small-bore rifle prone and rifle three positions at the 2010 Championships of the Americas (CAT Games) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<ref name=issf>{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Sandra Fong|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHUSAW1504199001|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=January 6, 2013}}</ref> She also helped the U.S. rifle shooting team (along with Jamie Beyerle and Amy Sowash) win the gold medal, and set a world record of 1,758 points at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany.<ref name=fong-gold/><ref>{{cite news|title=50th World Shooting Championships: Day 6 Report "A Golden Day"|url=http://www.ammoland.com/2010/08/50th-world-shooting-championships-day-6-report-a-golden-day/#axzz2HDQAETYl|publisher=Ammonland Shooting Sports News|date=August 6, 2010|accessdate=January 6, 2013}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{USOPC profile|FO/Sandra-Fong}} * {{Olympics.com profile|sandra-fong}} * {{ISSF|SHUSAW1504199001}} * [http://www.usashooting.org/12-the-team/usashootingteam/nationalteam/nationalrifleteam/sandyfong Sandy Fong] at USA Shooting * {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102084232/http://www.princeton.edu/admission/whatsdistinctive/studentprofiles/fong_sandy_13/ |date=January 2, 2013 |title=Sandy Fong – Princeton University profile}} * {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816135933/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1188/bio/index.html |date=August 16, 2012 |title=Sanra Fong – NBC 2008 Olympics profile}} &ndash;

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