Nina Christen

Nina Christen
Christen in 2017
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994
Stans, Switzerland[1]
Websiteninachristen.ch
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportSports shooting
Coached by
RetiredDecember 2025
Medal record
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 50m rifle 3 positions
2020 Tokyo 10m air rifle
World Championships
2014 Granada 50m rifle 3 positions junior
2022 Cairo 50m rifle 3 positions team
2025 Cairo 50 m rifle 3 positions team
European Games
2019 Minsk 50m rifle prone mixed
2023 Kraków-Małopolska 10m air rifle
2023 Kraków-Małopolska 10m air rifle team
2023 Kraków-Małopolska 50m rifle 3 positions mixed team
2019 Minsk 10m air rifle
2023 Kraków-Małopolska 50m rifle 3 positions team
European Championships
2019 Bologna 50m rifle 3 positions
2019 Osijek 10m air rifle

Nina Christen (born 7 February 1994) is a Swiss sports shooter.[2] She competed at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympic Games. At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, held in 2021, she won gold in the women's 50 metre rifle three-position and bronze in the women's 10 metre air rifle, becoming the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic gold medal in shooting. At the 2023 European Games she won three gold medals and a silver. Christen retired from competitive shooting in 2025.

Shooting career

Christen joined the junior squad of the Swiss Shooting Federation in 2009. In 2011 she won her first Swiss national championship title.[3] At the 2014 World Championships, she won silver in the junior women's three-position rifle event.[4]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Christen finished 16th in the women's 10 metre air rifle. In the 50 metre three-position rifle event she qualified second and finished sixth in the final.[5]

In 2019 she won her first ISSF World Cup medal at the Delhi World Cup, taking gold in the 50 metre three-position rifle. The result also earned her a quota place for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

At the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, held in 2021, Christen became the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic gold medal in shooting when she won the women's 50 metre rifle three-position event with an Olympic record.[7] She also won bronze in the 10 metre air rifle event.[8][9] After her Olympic victory, Christen took a longer break from competition.[10] She later began working with Danish coach Torben Grimmel.[3]

At the 2023 European Games, Christen won three gold medals and a silver.[11] The same year, she secured a quota place for Switzerland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[3] At the Paris Games, she carried the Swiss flag at the opening ceremony together with mountain biker Nino Schurter.[10]

At the 2025 World Championships in Cairo, Christen won silver in the 50 metre three-position rifle team event with Emely Jäggi and Vivien Jäggi.[12]

Outside competition, in 2022 Christen started training as a helicopter pilot.[13] She obtained a private helicopter pilot licence in October 2025.[3] She retired from competitive shooting at the end of 2025.[14]

References

  1. ^ Nina Christen Archived 18 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine in: Olympic.com, 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Nina Christen". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Nina Christen beendet Karriere". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 30 November 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  4. ^ "50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Junior event: Pei (CHN) atop of the podium, 2 points ahead". International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Nina Christen". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. ^ Marco Dalla Dea (26 February 2019). "50m Rifle 3 Positions Gold medalist Christen: "this sport is fun"". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Nina Christen wins women's 50m rifle 3 positions in Olympic Record". Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Switzerland's Nina Christen wins 50-meter 3-position rifle gold". ESPN. ESPN Enterprises. Associated Press. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  9. ^ "2024 Olympics | Nina Christen leads a strong Swiss team to Paris". bluewin.ch. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  10. ^ a b "Olympiagold als Highlight - Schützin Nina Christen tritt vom Spitzensport zurück". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). 30 November 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Nina Christen keeps on gathering Golds!". esc-shooting.org. European Shooting Confederation. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  12. ^ Herbie Egli (11 November 2025). "Auch die Frauen gewinnen eine Medaille" [Women also win a medal]. Tages Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  13. ^ "Nina Christen schiesst wieder". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  14. ^ Luca Finadri (30 November 2025). "Olympiasiegerin Nina Christen beendet ihre Karriere" [Olympic champion Nina Christen ends her career]. Tages Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 20 February 2026.
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