University of ‘Aisyiyah (UNISA) Yogyakarta students have made another proud achievement. Savitri Mirzaeila, a student of the Bachelor of Physiotherapy study program at the Faculty of Health Sciences (FIKes), won a bronze medal in the National Sports Week XXI Aceh – North Sumatra 2024. This brilliant achievement was achieved in the category of women’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting at the Rindam Mata Ie shooting range, Aceh Besar, Thursday (19/09).
PON XXI
Savitri’s success is certainly a surprise in itself, considering that she is a physiotherapy student who is also active in the world of shooting sports. The combination of rigor as a physiotherapist and focus as a shooting athlete has led her to achieve proud achievements at the national level and become a talented young athlete.
This is the second PON that Savitri has participated in after PON Papua 2021, for her own training preparation Savitri took 3 months to conduct training camps in Bali from July on a regular basis to improve technique and physical fitness, as well as mental training, and participated in various competitions to gain experience and atmosphere.
Savitri revealed that for the preparation of the PON yesterday itself, the preparation was with an intensive program, before that she participated in the pre-pound, shooting itself at least getting 1-3 minimum qualification scores (MQS) and Savitri finally pocketed 4 MQS and successfully qualified for PON XXI Aceh North Sumatra.
Before that in the previous year he still participated in various events to increase flight hours. While in Jogja, despite being hindered by inadequate field facilities Savitri regularly practiced at the boarding house to maintain fitness, even if it was just lifting weapons or dry firing and light physical exercise.
“Support from coaches, family and the community is also an important factor in preparation, many provide additional motivation to achieve achievements at this level,” she said.
Savitri added “For PON XXI this time I dropped in 3 numbers, namely 10m Air Rifle Women and 50m Rifle 3 Position Women, 10m Rifle Mixed Team, although this is not my best performance, in the last PON Papua I won 1 Silver Medal and 1 Bronze Medal in that number.”
Some of the obstacles that existed in the XXI PON event had made Savitri lose focus, but that did not discourage her, even though she had failed in the 10m air rifle and 10m Rifle mixed team numbers due to loss of focus and the burden she felt but she was still eager to prepare herself in the 50m Rifle 3 Position number.
“Certainly I am very grateful to be given the trust to be able to win this bronze medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Team number, which can include the mainstay number for me,” said Savitri.
Known Shooting Sports Since Early
Savitri has known shooting sports since the age of 13 when she entered the Junior High School (SMP) level. Several times became a shooting champion at the Regency level, and finally was chosen to represent Buleleng Regency at the XIIIth Bali Porprov 2017 in Gianyar.
The first step was to represent Bali in the National Championship in the youth category (under 18th), and managed to get several medals. In July 2018, due to team needs, Savitri began to be dropped in the senior class in preparation for the 2020 PON Papua which took place in 2021.
“Alhamdulillah, PON Papua itself is one of the new histories for the Bali shooting team because it won a medal in the number I played after several years without a title. After that, I routinely participated in several championships in the Province and at the National level to fulfill the next PON MQS, and Alhamdulillah, I was given the trust again to represent at the 2024 Aceh-North Sumatra PON,” he said.
Savitri has hopes for the next year to be even better than today, and yesterday’s mistakes can be a lesson and can also be a motivation for her friends.
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