Suzanne Balogh
Suzanne (Suzy) Balogh OAM
1983 -
Clay Trap Shooting
Suzy Balogh was born in Queanbeyan New South Wales on 8 May 1973. Suzy started competing in clay target shooting when she was 15. At the age of 16 she was the youngest woman to win the Women's Australian Down the Line Clay Target High Gun Title.
She has represented Australia in four disciplines of Clay Target shooting - Down The Line, American Skeet, Double Trap and Olympic Trap.
She stopped competing for 4 years whilst at the University of New England completing her Rural Science Degree.
In 1998 she began competing for Australia on the International Scene in Olympic Trap and in 1999 in Double Trap. Crowning her shooting career with a Gold in Women's Trap Shooting at her Olympic debut in Athens 2004.
Suzy has won National, Oceania, Commonwealth, World and Olympic Titles.
Shooting has always been a part time sport for Suzy. She continues to work for the NSW Department of Primary Industries where she has been for 9 years as an Agricultural Protection Officer, based initially in Wagga Wagga and now in Orange. Suzy's role is in training, advisory and liaison on invasive animals and plague locusts for State environmental and primary industry agencies and private and public land managers to prevent agricultural loss and protect the natural environment. Her areas of expertise are in fox and feral cat management, providing practical skills training and control program planning and goal setting.
Other interesting employments Suzy has had, have been as a veterinary assistant, jillaroo and as and urban fencing contractor. She was Primary School Captain, Prefect on highschool and Secretary/Treasurer of the Rural Science Undergraduate Society. Along with this she was selected to participate in the Foundation for Young Australians 'developing young leaders' Forum. Suzy is a National Ambassador for Breast Cancer and has been ambassador for several other charities and organisations such as Sids and Kids and the Red Cross Blood Bank. Suzy is the female athlete representing the Australian Olympic Committee to attend the 2005 International Olympic Academy forum for young participants, held in Olympia, Greece biennially. Suzy was an ambassador for the 2005 Sydney Youth Olympic Festival, with the honour of officially opening the ceremony, and she is a newly elected committee member of the Olympians Club NSW.
Shooting Achievements
Olympic Results
2004 Athens
Olympic Trap: Gold
Commonwealth Games
2002 England
Double Trap pairs: Bronze
Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships
2005 Australia
Double Trap pairs: Silver
Olympic Trap Pairs: Bronze
2001 England
Double Trap: Gold
Double Trap pairs: Gold
Olympic Trap: Gold
Olympic Trap Pairs: Bronze
1999 New Zealand
Double Trap: Gold
World Cups
2004 Greece
Double Trap: 6th
2002 China
Double Trap: 6th
2001 Korea
Olympic Trap: 5th
Double Trap: Gold
World Cup Finals
2004 Final Slovenia
Olympic Trap: Bronze
2001 Final Qatar
Olympic Trap: Bronze
Oceania Championships
2003 New Zealand
Olympic Trap: Gold
2001 New Zealand
Olympic Trap: 6th
Double Trap: Silver
1999 Australia
Olympic Trap: Gold
World Championships
2003 Cyprus
Olympic Trap: 5th
2001 Egypt
Olympic Trap: 6th
International Grand Prix
2001 Australia
Olympic Trap: Gold
1998 Brunei
Olympic Trap 4th
