Dania Vizzi Qualifies For USA Shooting Women’s Skeet Team

Team Winchester and Team White Flyer shooter Dania Vizzi will be on the U.S. Women’s Skeet Team heading to the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer.

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posted on March 22, 2024
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Dania Vizzi, a member of Team Winchester and Team White Flyer, is one of eight qualifying athletes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This will be first time competing at the Olympics.
Photo by Joshua Schave/USA Shooting

Dania Vizzi, a member of Team Winchester and Team White Flyer, has qualified for the U.S. Shotgun team headed to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer. She will compete on the USA Shooting Women’s Skeet team at the Games.

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Dania Vizzi of Odessa, Fla., qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after the conclusion of the U.S. Olympic Trials-Shotgun Part 2, held at the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club in Tucson, Arizona, March 11-17. (Photo by Joshua Schave.)

 

Including Vizzi, eight shotgun athletes qualified to represent the United States after completing the U.S. Olympic Trials-Shotgun Part 2, held at the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club in Tucson, Arizona, March 11-17. The other shotgun athletes that made the team are Rachel Tozier, Ryann Phillips, Derrick Mein, Will Hinton, Vincent Hancock, Conner Prince and Austen Smith.

This is Vizzi’s first Olympic qualification and follows her gold medal in the Mixed Team Skeet event earned at the 2023 Pan American Games, along with garnering a silver medal at the 2023 ISSF World Championship.

For competition, Vizzi uses the Winchester AA International, 24-gram No. 9, 1,325 f.p.s. target load.

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Dania Vizzi of Team Winchester and Team White Flyer competing at the U.S. Olympic Trials-Shotgun Part 2, held at the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club in Tucson, Arizona, March 11-17. (Photo by Joshua Schave.)

 

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place in Paris, France, July 26-August 11. The final Team USA roster for the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be announced this summer, pending approval by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.

“We are extremely proud of Dania for her commitment to the shooting sports, Team USA and Team Winchester,” Jason Gilbertson, director of marketing for Winchester Ammunition said. “Dania has put in a tremendous amount of hard work and she has earned her way to compete against the world’s best shooters in Paris.”

Learn more about USA Shooting and Winchester Ammunition.

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