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Christoph Schmid (physicist)
Christoph Schmid (born 5 August 1982 in Zug) is a Swiss sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the men's 50 m free pistol at the 2007 ISSF World Cup series in Fort Benning, Georgia, accumulating a score of 659.7 points. Career Schmid represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 573 targets in the preliminary rounds of the Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol, men's 10 m air pistol, by two points behind Australia's Daniel Repacholi from the final attempt, finishing only in thirty-third place. Three days later, Schmid placed fortieth in his second event, Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol, 50 m pistol, by one point behind Poland's Wojciech Knapik, with a total score of 542 targets. References External links * * * * 1982 births Living people Swiss male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Switzerland Shooters at the 2008 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting Sport
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, rifles and shotguns) and bows/crossbows. Shooting sports can be categorized by equipment, shooting distances, targets, time limits and degrees of athleticism involved. Shooting sports may involve both team and individual competition, and team performance is usually assessed by summing the scores of the individual team members. Due to the noise of shooting and the high (and often lethal) impact energy of the projectiles, shooting sports are typically conducted at either designated permanent shooting ranges or temporary shooting fields in the area away from settlements. History Great Britain Historically, shooting game and target shooting has been limited to the upper-class and the gentry, with severe penalties for poach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
