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71-Year-Old Woman Shoots Down Expectations

71-Year-Old Woman Shoots Down Expectations

Article written by Olivia Wolfe for AsAmNews. At 71 years of age, Vera Koo remains one of the fiercest competitors in action pistol shooting.  A two time world champion and an eight time national champion of the Bianchi Cup, Koo is currently training in Missouri for...

Interview with Vera Koo, World Champion Shooter

Interview with Vera Koo, World Champion Shooter

Vera Koo is a 67 year old Chinese American world champion shooter. She is an eight-time Bianchi Cup women’s champion, and also holds two World Woman Championship titles – one at the Bianchi Cup and one at the World American Handgunner’s Man-on-Man Shoot Off. Vera...

Q&A with NRA National Action Pistol Champion Vera Koo

Q&A with NRA National Action Pistol Champion Vera Koo

by Barbara Baird - Monday, March 9, 2020, published at "America's 1st Freedom" Photos of the English and Chinese versions of the book, courtesy of Vera KooNo doubt, if you follow competition shooting, you’ll recognize the name Vera Koo. An eight-time winner of...

Vera Koo’s  ‘Wisdom and Things’ Now Available

Vera Koo’s ‘Wisdom and Things’ Now Available

Vera Koo’s new book, “Wisdom and Things,” is now available. It is a collection of essays from the final decade of Vera Koo’s pistol shooting career, documenting her journey from a 12-year-old immigrant who did not know a word of English to the pinnacle of the...

Shooting Sports USA: Retiring from Shooting Sports

Shooting Sports USA: Retiring from Shooting Sports

In this article, posted at the NRA's "Shooting Sports USA," Vera Koo explains why it became time to retire from shooting sports. In fact, she pinpoints the exact moment she decided that her days of running race guns needed to end. I was precise in everything I did...

Vera Koo’s  ‘Wisdom and Things’ Now Available

Vera Koo Writes New Book: ‘Wisdom and Things’

“Wisdom and Things” is a collection of essays from the final decade of Vera Koo’s pistol shooting career, documenting her journey from a 12-year-old immigrant who didn’t know a word of English to the pinnacle of the action pistol shooting world.

Vera Koo Gives ‘Tips and Tactics’ at NRA News

Vera Koo Gives ‘Tips and Tactics’ at NRA News

If you like reading Vera Koo's column here at Women's Outdoor News, you're going to love seeing her in a series of videos at NRA News, titled "Tips and Tactics." Hosted by Gabby Franco, sponsored by Cabela's Outdoor Fund, the lineup includes some of the country's most...

Meet Our New Year’s Coloring Girl Vera Koo

Meet Our New Year’s Coloring Girl Vera Koo

The WON is delighted to announce that professional competition shooter Vera Koo kicks off our New Year as our January coloring girl, in a series penned by illustrator Kimberly Kolb Eakin, author of Full Metal Coloring: A Book of Down Range Reflections.  Kimberly...

Gal Gab: 6 Questions for Vera Koo, ‘The Most Unlikely Champion’

Gal Gab: 6 Questions for Vera Koo, ‘The Most Unlikely Champion’

In this second installment of Gal Gab, champion shooter Vera Koo answers our questions. Vera, who retired from professional shooting just 6 months shy of being 72 years old, holds a long list of awards and records in the sport. She is also a mentor, mother, business...

Vera Koo Launches New Website

Vera Koo Launches New Website

Published July 20th, 2020 Former professional competition shooter and current book author Vera Koo recently launched a new website that highlights her success in the world of pistol shooting, and introduces the world to her memoir, “The Most Unlikely Champion.” Koo...

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