 Jamie Corkish (right) at 2012 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Jamie Lynn Beyerle | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Jamie Lynn Corkish | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | May 26, 1984 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 119 lb (54 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sport shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | AR40, STR3X20 | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Alaska Nanooks | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Olympic finals | 2008, 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jamie Lynn Corkish (formerly Gray, née Beyerle,[1] born May 26, 1984) is an American sport shooter who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, competing as Jamie Beyerle, she placed 4th in Women's 10 metre air rifle and 5th in Women's 50 metre rifle three positions. She placed 2nd at the 2008 ISSF World Cup in Milan. At the 2012 London Olympics, competing as Jamie Gray, she won the gold medal in Women's 50 metre rifle three positions. She set Olympic records with 592 points in the qualification round and 691.9 total points including the final.[2]
Corkish got her start in shooting when she began with a BB gun program at the age of eight. She is a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and shot for its rifle team.[1]
