Sandra Fong

Background

Fong was born and raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York by her parents Nicole Bergman, an attorney, and Yuman Fong, a resident surgeon at the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, emigrating from Hong Kong.

Career

She is a multiple-time American junior record holder, and a three-time medalist (one gold and two silver) for the small-bore rifle prone and rifle three positions at the United States. National Shooting Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Fong competed in the women"s 50 m rifle 3 positions, finishing in 21st place. In 2008, Fong graduated from Hunter College High School in Manhattan, where she also competed for track and field and swimming.

She now attends the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, after having been admitted to Mount Sinai in her sophomore year at Princeton.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Fong competed in the women"s 50 m rifle 3 positions, along with her teammate Jamie Beyerle. She was able to shoot 196 targets each in prone and kneeling position, and 185 in standing, for a total score of 577 points, finishing in twenty-first place.

Two years after competing in her first Olympics, Fong captured two silver medals for the small-bore rifle prone and rifle three positions at the 2010 Championships of the Americas (Centre for Alternative Technology Games) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Achievements

• She won a gold medal, as a member of the United States. rifle shooting team, at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany. Her older sister, Abigail Fong, is a past United States. national shooting champion, a member of the Princeton University rifle team, and a resident athlete at the United States. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Since beginning the sport, Fong had competed in numerous shooting tournaments, where she achieved junior records and top finishes for the small-bore rifle prone and rifle three positions, including three medals (one gold and two silver) at the United States. National Shooting Championships (2006-2008). She also helped the United States. rifle shooting team (along with Jamie Beyerle and Amy Sowash) win the gold medal, and set a world record of 1,758 points at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany.

Membership

Her younger sister, Danielle Fong, who has cerebral palsy, is a member of the United States. Paralympic team (Beijing, 2008). She is Jewish, and is a member of Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York City. Finishing second from the trials, she guaranteed a qualifying place for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as the youngest member of the United States. shooting team