Diliana Méndez  Diliana Méndez (born October 27, 1982 in Caracas, Distrito Capital) is a Venezuelan sport shooter. She is also a member of Orion Practical Shooting Club in Maracay, Aragua, and is coached and trained by Boris Loginov. Mendez represented Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for two rifle shooting events. She placed forty-third out of forty-seven shooters in the women's 10 m air rifle, with a total score of 386 points. Nearly a week later, Mendez competed for her second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 192 targets in a prone position, and 188 each in standing and in kneeling, for a total score of 568 points, finishing only in thirty-ninth place.