Go Suzy … Olympic gold for DPI officer

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Suzy Balogh after winning gold in the Olympic women's trap shooting
Photo: ATHOC/Getty Images/Clive Mason

Department of Primary Industries Agricultural Protection Officer, Suzy Balogh, is the first Australian woman to win an Olympic shooting gold medal.

Balogh, 31, won gold in the Olympic women's trap shooting in Athens yesterday.

Normally based in Orange, Balogh worked out of the DPI's Queanbeyan office in the lead-up to the Athens Olympics so she could fulfil training commitments.

She led from the second round of the preliminaries and through the final, claiming victory with an overall score of 88, four ahead of her nearest rival.