The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Lauryn Mark began competitive shooting at the age of eleven. She represented the United States at the World Championships in Peru in 1997. Two years later, in 1999, she made history by becoming the youngest competitor ever to win the United States Open Women’s Skeet Championship. Her win attracted ongoing sponsorship from the Italian firearm manufacturing company, Beretta. Mark (then Ogilvie) went on to compete for the USA in Italy, Spain, Australia, England, Finland, Cyprus, Egypt, Korea and Qatar.

After marrying her coach, former Australian Olympic gold medallist Russell Mark, Lauryn began to compete as a representative of Australia. In 2002, she set the Commonwealth Games record in the Women’s Skeet (93 points) at Manchester. There she also won gold in the Women’s Skeet pairs with Natalia Rahman. She was placed seventh at the World Championships that year. In 2004, Mark came fourth in the Women’s Skeet at the Olympic Games in Athens; fourth in the Women’s Skeet at the World Cup in Sydney; and first at the Masters Cup event in the Czech Republic. She won gold in the shooting pairs at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and silver in the individual event.

Lauryn and Russell Mark have one daughter, Sierra, and run corporate team building programs with their company Corporate Shooting Stars Pty Ltd.

Events

• 2000

  World Cup Finalist – Cyprus

• 2000

  Australian National Open Women’s Champion

• 2001

  Australian Grand Prix Open Champion – Brisbane

• 2001

  World Cup Finalist – Seoul

• 2001

  World Cup Finalist – Doha

• 2001

  Australian National Women’s Champion

• 2002

  Australian National Women’s Champion

• 2002

  Shooting – Skeet, Singles and Pairs

  Gold Medalist at Manchester Commonwealth Games
• 2003

  Australian National Women’s Champion

• 2003

  World Cup Finalist – Perth

• 2003

  World Cup Finalist – Granada

• 2003

  World Cup Final Silver Medal – Rome

• 2004

  Australian National Women’s Champion

• 2004

  World Cup Finalist – Sydney

• 2004

  4th place at Olympic Games – Athens

• 2005

  Commonwealth Shooting Federation Champion – Melbourne

• 1998

  World Cup Grand Prix Women’s Bronze Medal – USA

• 1999

  Australian Grand Prix Women’s Champion – Brisbane

• 1999

  Australian National Open Women’s Champion

• 1999

  United States National Open Women’s Champion

• 2000

  Australian Grand Prix Women’s Champion – Brisbane

• 2000

  World Cup Finalist – Sydney

• 2000

  World Cup Finalist – Italy

• 2006

  Shooting – Skeet Pairs

  Gold Medalist at Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• 2006

  Commonwealth Games Individual Silver Medal – Melbourne