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Rifle Signs International Shooter To Complete 2020 Roster
7/20/2020 | Rifle
Hungary's Lea Horvath set to join the Rebels this fall
OXFORD, Miss. -- Ole Miss Rifle has officially announced the addition of incoming freshman Lea Horvath for the 2020-21 season. The first international signee under fifth-year coach Marsha Beasley, Horvath hails from Komarom, Hungary.
A national record holder and ranked No. 28 in the latest International Shooting Sport Federation rankings, Horvath finished in the Top 12 in four separate World Cups during the 2019 season. After reaching the podium at the Suhl Junior World Cup, she placed 10that the World Cup in Beijing, and turned in a pair of 12th-place finishes at the Rio de Janiero and Munich events.
She also carries a mixed team 6th-place plaudit at the 2018 Sydney Junior World Cup. In that same year, Horvath and her team finished 7th in at the World Championships in Changwon and finished 9th at the World Cup in Fort Benning, Ga.
From 2017-2019, Horvath finished won or finished second in the Hungarian National Championships in the junior or open divisions, and finished 14thoverall at the European Games last year.
Horvath is the second signee to Beasley's incoming 2020 class, joining Sigel, Ill., product Martina Gratz. The two will join a roster that produced seven of the program's top 10 scores in history a year ago.
For more information on Ole Miss Rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle), and at olemisssports.com.
A national record holder and ranked No. 28 in the latest International Shooting Sport Federation rankings, Horvath finished in the Top 12 in four separate World Cups during the 2019 season. After reaching the podium at the Suhl Junior World Cup, she placed 10that the World Cup in Beijing, and turned in a pair of 12th-place finishes at the Rio de Janiero and Munich events.
She also carries a mixed team 6th-place plaudit at the 2018 Sydney Junior World Cup. In that same year, Horvath and her team finished 7th in at the World Championships in Changwon and finished 9th at the World Cup in Fort Benning, Ga.
From 2017-2019, Horvath finished won or finished second in the Hungarian National Championships in the junior or open divisions, and finished 14thoverall at the European Games last year.
Horvath is the second signee to Beasley's incoming 2020 class, joining Sigel, Ill., product Martina Gratz. The two will join a roster that produced seven of the program's top 10 scores in history a year ago.
For more information on Ole Miss Rifle, follow the Rebels on Facebook (OleMissRifle), Twitter (@OleMissRifle), Instagram (@OleMissRifle), and at olemisssports.com.
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