M.C. Tucker is a professional American shooter, was born on July 20, 2001, in Pineville, North Carolina. At the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020, she placed second in the mixed 10m air rifle event.
She previously took first place at the 2021 ISSF World Cup for 10 metre air rifle, winning gold. At the ISSF World Cup 2021 in New Delhi, she also won silver in the women’s 10m air rifle team event and bronze in the mixed 10m air rifle team event.
She won the 10 metre air rifle championship at the 2021 Pan American Games and brought home six gold from the Junior World Championships. M.C. Tucker favours his right hand and uses his right eye exclusively.
M.C. Tucker Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
After graduating from Sarasota Military Academy, she went on to pursue higher education at the University of Kentucky (UK). M.C. Tucker will be competing for the United States in the air rifle event at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
She won individual honours in both the air rifle and smallbore disciplines that March 2021, leading UK to the NCAA rifle team championship. Since then, she has won both the NCAA team title and the overall top performer award for two years running.
On her Olympic debut on Saturday at the Asaka Shooting Facility, University of Kentucky rifle star M.C. Tucker placed sixth. Tucker shot a 166.0 in the final round, good enough for sixth place, after having the third-best qualifying score in the first stage of play.
She will shoot in the women’s three-position smallbore (on July 31) and the mixed team air rifle events at these summer’s Olympics (July 27). The native of Sarasota, Florida, made history this year by being the first person from the state of Kentucky to qualify for the Olympics in smallbore and air rifle.
Along with her fellow UK rising senior Will Shaner, she qualified for the air rifle competition in Tokyo last spring. On July 25th, the guys will participate in an air rifle competition.
Conclusion
After adding the International Shooting Sport Federation Women’s Air Rifle 10m Gold Medal to her collection in April, M.C. Tucker’s medal haul continued to rise. She had already won the most outstanding performer award at the March NCAA Championships, so this was icing on the cake.
The sophomore came away from the championships with every conceivable trophy, winning first place in the smallbore individual category, first place in the air rifle individual category, and first place in the overall category.
