{{Short description|Austrian sport shooter (born 2001)}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
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'''Sheileen Waibel''' (born 3 January 2001) is an Austrian sports shooter.<ref name="Austrian-Shooting-Association"/> She has represented Austria in ISSF Air Rifle and 50M Rifle at European and World Championship level. Her father is Olympic medallist Wolfram Waibel Jr., and her grandfather is a five-time Olympian Wolfram Waibel Sr.
==Shooting career== Waibel started shooting at the age of 13,<ref name="vorarlberg-profile"/> through her father Wolfram Waibel Jr., who won two medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta before becoming a national coach.
Waibel's first international selection was to the 2015 European Shooting Championships where she finished 24th individually in the Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle.<ref name="issf-profile"/> With Nadine Ungerank and Verena Zaisberger she won a bronze medal in Junior Women's 50m Prone Rifle team.<ref>{{cite web |title=EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - 50M RIFLE PRONE WOMEN JUNIOR TEAM |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=EuropeanChampionship2550300mShotgun20150718MariborSLO&FileName=50m/STR60PRWJ/4_INDI/I300000TA2307151440.20.STR60PR.0.001.pdf |publisher=European Shooting Confederation |access-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308104102/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=EuropeanChampionship2550300mShotgun20150718MariborSLO&FileName=50m/STR60PRWJ/4_INDI/I300000TA2307151440.20.STR60PR.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |language=en |date=23 July 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Her first international individual medal came at the 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl. She won silver in the 50m Prone Rifle, finished 7th in the final of the 50m Three-Position Rifle and placed 34th in the 10m Air Rifle.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 50m RIFLE PRONE WOMEN JUNIOR |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20180622SuhlGER&FileName=50m/R60PRJ/4_INDI/I300000IA2406180815.20.R60PRJ.0.002.pdf |website=SIUS Shooting Results |access-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308094211/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20180622SuhlGER&FileName=50m/R60PRJ/4_INDI/I300000IA2406180815.20.R60PRJ.0.002.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |language=en |date=24 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 50m RIFLE 3 POSITIONS WOMEN JUNIOR FINAL |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20180622SuhlGER&FileName=50m/R3X40J/5_FINAL/F300000IA2606181500.20.R3X40J.0.001.pdf |website=SIUS Shooting Results |access-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308094731/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20180622SuhlGER&FileName=50m/R3X40J/5_FINAL/F300000IA2606181500.20.R3X40J.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |language=en |date=26 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl 10m AIR RIFLE WOMEN JUNIOR |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20180622SuhlGER&FileName=10m/AR60WJ/3_QUAL/Q300000IA2506180800.20.AR60WJ.0.001.pdf |website=SIUS Shooting Results |access-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308093655/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20180622SuhlGER&FileName=10m/AR60WJ/3_QUAL/Q300000IA2506180800.20.AR60WJ.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |language=en |date=25 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
At the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup she won the bronze medal in the 50m Prone Rifle.<ref>{{cite web |title=50m RIFLE PRONE WOMEN JUNIOR |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20190712SuhlGER&FileName=50m/R60PRJ/4_INDI/I300000IA1407191015.20.R60PRJ.0.001.pdf |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |access-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308102918/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=ISSFJuniorWorldCup20190712SuhlGER&FileName=50m/R60PRJ/4_INDI/I300000IA1407191015.20.R60PRJ.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |language=en |date=14 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
At the 2021 European Championships she won silver in the 50m rifle three-position mixed team with Gernot Rumpler, and bronze in the 50m rifle three-position women's team, alongside Franziska Peer and Olivia Hoffman.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Mike Rowbottom |title=Russia's Zykova wins double gold at European Shooting Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108461/ |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=Inside the Games |publisher=Dunsar Media Company |date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311213112/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108461/ |archive-date=11 March 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
At the 2022 European Championships, she won the 50m prone rifle mixed team with Thomas Mathis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Europameister im Mixed |url=https://www.vsport.online/europameister-im-mixed/ |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=VSPORT |publisher=cd mediateam Est |date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211191656/https://www.vsport.online/europameister-im-mixed/ |archive-date=11 December 2023 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Patrick Burke |title=Germany defend 25m pistol women's team European title in Wrocław |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128133/issf-european-champs-2022-germany |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=Inside the Games |publisher=Dunsar Media Company |date=16 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916224447/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128133/issf-european-champs-2022-germany |archive-date=16 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
At the 2023 World Championships, Waibel won team bronze in the Women's 50m Prone Rifle team event.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Philip Barker |title=More Chinese gold as Azerbaijan win first medal at ISSF World Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140127/azerbaijan-first-medal-issf-worlds |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=Inside the Games |publisher=Dunsar Media company |date=23 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026130756/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140127/azerbaijan-first-medal-issf-worlds |archive-date=26 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Steiner jubelt über dritte WM-Medaille |url=https://sport.orf.at/stories/3115569/ |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=orf.at |publisher=Österreichischer Rundfunk |date=23 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823200702/https://sport.orf.at/stories/3115569/ |archive-date=23 August 2023 |language=de-at}}</ref> In 2023, Waibel won the national inter-state team match competing for Vorarlberg with Marlene Pribitzer and Yvonne Klocker.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Peter Sonnenberg |title=Premierengold für Marlene Pribitzer |url=https://m.noen.at/sport/gaenserndorf/schuetzensport-premierengold-fuer-marlene-pribitzer-matzen-raggendorf-schuetzensport-marlene-pribitzer-nadine-ungerank-luftgewehr-print-299792786 |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=NÖN |date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110024425/https://m.noen.at/sport/gaenserndorf/schuetzensport-premierengold-fuer-marlene-pribitzer-matzen-raggendorf-schuetzensport-marlene-pribitzer-nadine-ungerank-luftgewehr-print-299792786 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |language=de-at}}</ref>
==References== <references>
<ref name="issf-profile">{{cite web |title=Sheileen Waibel |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHAUTW0301200101#content_wrapper |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=en }}</ref> <ref name="Austrian-Shooting-Association">{{cite web |title=Sheileen Waibel - Österreichischer Schützenbund |url=https://www.schuetzenbund.at/athleten/sheileen-waibel/ |website=schuetzenbund.at |publisher=Österreichischer Schützenbund |access-date=4 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207193340/https://www.schuetzenbund.at/athleten/sheileen-waibel |archive-date=7 December 2023 |language=de-AT |date=2023-11-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="vorarlberg-profile">{{cite web |title=Sheileen Waibel {{!}} Olympiazentrum Vorarlberg |url=https://olympiazentrum-vorarlberg.at/athleten/sheileen-waibel/ |publisher=Olympiazentrum Vorarlberg |access-date=4 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628182250/https://olympiazentrum-vorarlberg.at/athleten/sheileen-waibel/ |archive-date=28 June 2023 |language=de-AT |date=2023-10-05 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{ISSF|SHAUTW0301200101}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Waibel, Sheileen}} {{Authority control}} Category:Living people Category:2001 births Category:Austrian female sport shooters Category:ISSF rifle shooters Category:European Games competitors for Austria Category:Shooters at the 2023 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2023 European Games Category:European Games silver medalists for Austria Category:European Games medalists in shooting Category:21st-century Austrian sportswomen