Notable Achievements and Awards

  • Top Woman, Individual Award, at the 2004 NRA World Action Pistol Championship; Columbia, Mo.
  • 1999 Top Women Team at the NRA World Action Pistol Championship in Hamilton, New Zealand. US Women Team, Vera with teammate, Julie Goloski.
  • 2007 Top Women Team at NRA National Action Pistol Championship in Columbia, Missouri. US Women Team; Vera with teammate Helen Jeavon.
  • Top Woman Champion at the 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 NRA National Action Pistol (Bianchi) Championship; Columbia, Missouri.
  • Top Woman Champion at the 1999 European Action Pistol Championship; Tierney, Italy.
  • Top Woman Champion at the 2007 European Open/Action Pistol Championship; Phillippsburg, Germany.
  • Top Woman Champion at the 2004 and 2005 Master’s Championship; Barry, Illinois.
  • Top Senior Champion at the 2006 NRA National Action Pistol Championship; Columbia, Missouri.
  • Top Senior Champion at the 2007 European Open/Action Pistol Championship; Phillippsburg, Germany.
  • Regional Champion at the 2003 Regional Action Pistol Championship; Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Top Woman Champion at the 1996 American Hangunner’s World Shoot-off Championship; Montrose, Colorado.

In the thirty-year history of the NRA National Action Pistol Championships (Bianchi Cup), there had been only two other women who had each won three times the distinguishing title of Top Woman Champion. Vera on the other hand is the only woman in the history of Bianchi Cup to win eight times National Top Woman Champion Title. She also had been the first and the only woman to place in the overall top 20 at the 2001 NRA National Action Pistol Championship. Vera had set a world record in 1997 for women’s highest score in the Practical Stage of the National Action Pistol Championship in Columbia, MO. Vera also has been recognized for setting national record for women’s score on the outdoor action pistol crawford barricade, 480-45X, in San Antonio, TX. on October 8, 2005.

Vera energetically juggles handgun practice with the demands of real estate investment management, three grown children, four grandchildren and her husband of forty years. In addition, Vera is an expert snow skier, windsurfer and equestrian.