Irada Suleyman qizi Ashumova (born 25 February 1958 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is an Azerbaijani sport shooter. She was the first woman to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics.
She competed in the 25 m Pistol competition at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2002 World Championships, winning a bronze medal and a silver medal, respectively.
In the 2004 Olympics she also competed in 10 m Air Pistol without winning anything. However, she was part of the Soviet national team that set a team world record of 1152 in this discipline in 1985.
She competed in the 2012 Olympics.
Ashumova is a teacher at the Azerbaijan Institute of Physical Culture in Baku. She has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002. She is married to sport shooting coach Vladimir Lunev. Their son Ruslan Lunev has represented Azerbaijan in sports shooting at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Olympic resultsEvent199620002004201225 metre pistol15th57631st569 Bronze588+99.323rd57810 metre air pistol10th38145th229 (DNF)8th386+95.439th372
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