Suzy Balogh OAM - Director of Hitting Targets

Suzy Balogh is the first Australian lady to win Olympic Gold for Shooting and the only Australian to win shooting Gold on Olympic debut. She also holds Commonwealth, World, Oceania and National titles. In 2005 Suzy was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to sport.

Suzy has a Bachelor of Rural Science, from The University of New England and utilising this degree spent 10 years working for the NSW Department of Primary Industries as a State advisor and liaison and training specialist in invasive species. One of her key roles was team building and group coordination. These skills she utilises to coordinate the Team Building sessions with clients.

Suzy currently is not only the Director of Hitting Targets (where you are likely to have her as your host for over 90% of the sessions), but she is also working as a Consultant for the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre as the Project Officer for the National PestSmart Roadshows.

Suzy is involved with many charity, sporting and community projects. She is an ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Australia Day Council and is a role model for the National Aboriginal Sports Corporation Australia and a patron for the South East Regional Academy of Sport. Suzy also assists junior shooters in their development and progression into Olympic Disciplines along with Perazzi Australia through the Olympic endeavour Shooting trophy and Perazzi Quest.

Suzy also sits on the Board at Navsports Limited.

Suzy is currently ranked No.1 in Australia for the Women's Olympic Trap and is aiming definitively for the London 2012 Olympics and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

But most of all she is working hard on introducing her sport of clay target shooting to as many people as she can through Hitting Targets.