第二幕：射击冠军顾方蓁——美国女子步枪协会专访

巾帼神枪手顾方蓁的运动事迹是美国女子步枪协会（NRA Women）制作的《第二幕》专访系列中的亮点人物，因为她在年过半百之后才拉开射击生涯的序幕。本篇专访由芭芭拉．拜尔德（Barbara Baird）负责提问与内容为其执笔。

顾方蓁坦承七十岁后比赛表现一路下滑，但年龄并没有阻止这位行动手枪射击冠军参加挑战性的比赛；假如年龄是因素，她的训练方式只是更明智，而不是更吃力。 

Vera holds the record for the most wins by a woman at the NRA National Action Pistol Championships, also known as the Bianchi Cup. She holds multiple national and international titles, including eight 

 现年七十一岁，顾方蓁不仅仍在女子组竞赛，也在长青／超级长青组别竞技，经常是比赛中的唯一女性。不认识方蓁的人可能会认为她征战射击运动已经五十年，他们万万没想到她一直到五十岁时才投身比安奇杯射击比赛，参赛之前，认真看待射击也没几年，射击真是她不折不扣的人生第二幕。 

方蓁保有美国步枪协会全国行动手枪锦标赛（也称为比安奇杯）中女选手获胜次数最多的纪录。她拥有多项美国与国际冠军头衔，包括八次比安奇杯女子冠军头衔和两次世界冠军头衔；她也是第一位在二００一年比安奇杯进入不分男女排名前二十名的女选手。 

This year, she saw her memoir, 《巾帼枪神　世界冠军之路》, published by Balboa Press. She is revising the book for a second edition and considering authoring another book. The book details her rise to stardom, but also scenes from her “first act”—as a 12-year-old girl emigrating to San Francisco from China, who falls in love, gets married, has a bustling family and works in real estate development—until the loss of an infant child and a devastating life event involving her relationship with her husband—causes her to seek the solace in and challenges of the shooting sports. Training to become a world-class pistol shooter forced her to focus on becoming a professional athlete, which allowed her to heal and recover, and find her faith.

此刻她正在受训，为射击运动中最负盛名的比赛，也就是五月底在密苏里州哥伦比亚市举行的全美步枪协会的比安奇杯比赛预训。方蓁究竟是如何达到这个射击水平、连连夺得女子组冠军头衔呢？以下是她在专访中的回答： 美国步枪协会妇女分会（以下简称枪协妇女分会）：当人问起你从事哪一行时，你怎么回答？

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