Irada Ashumova
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Irada Suleyman qizi Ashumova (born February 25, 1958, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is an Azerbaijani sport shooter. She was the first woman to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics.[1]
She competed in the 25 m Pistol competition at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2002 World Championships, winning a bronze medal and a silver medal, respectively.
In the 2004 Olympics she also competed in 10 m Air Pistol without winning anything. However, she was part of the Soviet national team that set a team world record of 1152 in this discipline in 1985.
She competed in the 2012 Olympics.[2]
Ashumova is a teacher at the Azerbaijan Institute of Physical Culture in Baku. She has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002. She is married to sport shooting coach Vladimir Lunev. Their son Ruslan Lunev has represented Azerbaijan in sports shooting at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]
| Olympic results | |||||
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| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2012 | |
| 25 metre pistol | 15th 576 |
31st 569 |
 Bronze588+99.3 |
23rd 578 | |
| 10 metre air pistol | 10th 381 |
45th 229 (DNF) |
8th 386+95.4 |
39th 372 | |
References
- ↑ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ↑ "Irada Ashumova". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24.
- ↑ "Ruslan Lunev Olympic Results". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
External links
- Irada ASHUMOVA at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- İradə Aşumova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Azerbaijani female sport shooters
- ISSF pistol shooters
- Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic shooters for Azerbaijan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan
- Sportspeople from Baku
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Azerbaijani women educators
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2015 European Games
- European Games competitors for Azerbaijan
- 20th-century Azerbaijani educators
- 21st-century Azerbaijani educators
- 21st-century Azerbaijani sportswomen
- 20th-century women educators
- Azerbaijani sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs
- European sport shooting biography stubs