Career
Since the age of fourteen, Loper has been serving throughout her sporting career for the United States. national team, and trains rigorously under her longtime coach Lloyd Woodhouse. Naturally right-handed, Loper was born blind on her right eye that urged her to shoot left. Having pursued the sport since the age of twelve, Loper started out as a successful junior with her third-place finish in the women"s trap on her first major international competition at the 2001 World Championships in Cairo, Egypt.
Two years later, Loper boasted her early success to the sport by claiming the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, finishing ahead of Canada"s Cynthia Meyer by a three-point lead 87 to 84.
With her noteworthy triumph, Loper also secured an Olympic berth for the United States. shooting team Five months before the Games, Loper finished first in a grueling shoot-off against Joetta Dement at the United States. Olympic trials in Fort Benning, Georgia to keep her own Olympic place that she obtained from the Pan American Games.
Admittedly, Loper broke her family"s promise not to take a quick glimpse of the scoreboard as a result of her medal failure.