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Shooting At The 1992 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at a shooting range complex in Mollet del Vallès outside Barcelona, Spain. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events — seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first time a woman (Zhang Shan in the skeet competition) took a gold medal in such an open event, and also the last time they were held. It was also the first games for 10 metre running target, which replaced 50 metre running target on the Olympic program, as well as the first games with the new targets in all rifle and pistol events except 50 metre pistol, leading to numerous automatic Olympic records. The shooting events at the 1992 Olympics mark the first time that Independent Olympic Participants (from Yugoslavia after their country was suspended), competing under the Olympic flag, have won medals in any sport at any Olympic competition. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 1988 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the 50 metre running target event, later replaced by 10 metre running target. It was also the first time the Olympic shooting competitions included finals for the top eight (in some cases six) competitors. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Mixed events Participating nations A total of 396 shooters, 285 men and 111 women, from 66 nations competed at the Seoul Games: References External links * {{Shooting at the Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics events 1988 Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanstantsin Lukashyk
Kanstantsin Leonidovich Lukashyk ( be, Канстанцін Леонідовіч Лукашык, Kanstancin Leonidovič Łukašyk, born September 18, 1975 in Hrodna) is a Belarusian pistol shooter, most known for winning the 50 metre pistol event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 16. During his last shot, he raised his arm 4 times but kept his nerve and eventually pulled the trigger just seconds before the 75 second time limit ran out. He ended up scoring a 9.9 which was enough to beat a field of 5 other Olympic champions, including Ragnar Skanåker who was 42 years older than Lukashyk. As of 2023, he is the youngest Olympic champion in shooting The year before Barcelona, Lukashyk became both the World Junior Champion and European Junior Champion in the 10 meter air pistol event. He also won the free pistol event in the latter competition since it was available that year. These triumphs combined with a necessary win at the CIS championships in the free pis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luboš Račanský
Luboš Račanský (born 13 March 1964) is a Czech sport shooter who competed for Czechoslovakia. He won the Bronze medal in 10 metre running target in Barcelona in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Račanský was born in Benešov Benešov (; german: Beneschau; also known as Benešov u Prahy) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The town is known for the Konopiště Castle. Administrative parts Villages of Baba, .... References People from Benešov Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia ISSF rifle shooters Czechoslovak male sport shooters Czech male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Czechoslovakia Olympic shooters for the Czech Republic 1964 births Living people Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Central Bohemian Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoli Asrabayev
Anatoly Khamidullayevich Asrabayev (Анатолий Хамидуллаевич Асрабаев; born May 5, 1969) is an Uzbekistani sport shooter who competed for the Unified Team. He won the silver medal in 10 metre running target in Barcelona in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Asrabayev was born in Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ... and was affiliated with Dynamo Tashkent. References 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Uzbekistani male sport shooters Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Olympic shooters for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team ISSF rifle shooters Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople {{Uzbekistan-sportshoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jakosits
Michael Georg Jakosits (born 21 January 1970) is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in the 10 metre running target at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He placed fifth at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Jakosits was born in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the .... References 1970 births German male sport shooters Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Homburg, Saarland Olympic shooters for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Living people Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Saarland 21st-century German people 20th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryohei Koba
is a Japanese sport shooter. He was born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He won a bronze medal in 50 metre rifle three positions at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Koba was born in Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern wor .... References External links * 1962 births Living people Japanese male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1982 Asian Games Shooters at the 1986 Asian Games Shooters at the 1990 Asian Games Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel Medalists at the 1992 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Foth
Robert James Foth (born July 3, 1958) is an American sport shooter. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He won a silver medal in 50 metre rifle three positions at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Foth was born in Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South .... References 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York American male sport shooters Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting Shooters at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in shooting Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrachya Petikyan
Hrachya Petikyan ( hy, Հրաչյա Պետիկյան , born 23 February 1960) is an Armenian sports shooter and USSR, European, four-time World and Olympic Champion. Petikyan is a four-time Olympian who has represented three nations: the Soviet Union, the Unified Team and the Republic of Armenia. He has been awarded the Honored Master of Sport of the USSR title. Petikyan started shooting in the Yerevan dynamo sports club under the honored coach of Armenia, Martyn Kalechyan. For many years, Petikyan was a member of the USSR national team and a Champion of Europe and the World in individual and team competitions. He has also won many medals at ISSF world competitions that are now discontinued. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, competing as a Soviet, Petikyan participated in the 10 metre air rifle and the 50 metre rifle, three positions. He notably came in sixth place in the latter. Petikyan was entrusted with carrying the Armenian flag at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevan Pletikosić
Stevan Pletikosić ( sr-cyrl, Стеван Плетикосић) (born 14 March 1972 in Kragujevac, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a sport shooter from Serbia. While still a junior, he won a bronze medal in Men's 50 m Rifle Prone in the 1992 Summer Olympics. The year before, at the 1991 ISSF World Cup in the same event, he had become the only junior ever to achieve the maximum score of 600 in a world-class competition. Pletikosić started competing in 1982, when he was 10 years old. He won a first medal at the European Championships winning a silver at the 1989 European Shooting Championships in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia. During his career, he won another European silver medal and was European champion twice. His first international medal was won at the 1994 ISSF World Shooting Championships, which was also a silver medal. Yugoslav Olympic Committee proclaimed him sportsman of the year in 1994. Pletikosić also won a silver in the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, now in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Stenvaag
Harald Stenvaag (born 5 March 1953) is a Norwegian rifle shooter who started competing internationally at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Switzerland in 1974. He has represented Norway in the Summer Olympics 6 times, and has two Olympic medals. He has a total of 67 international medals in the Olympics, World Shooting Championships and the European Shooting Championships in his career. He was born in Ålesund. He is running his own shooting business called ''Stenvaag våpensenter as'' in Asker outside of Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population .... Olympic results Records References External links Homepage of Stenvaag våpensenter (in Norwegian) 1953 births Living people Norwegian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic silver medalists fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Eun-chul
Lee Eun-chul (; born January 3, 1967) is a South Korean rifle shooter who was the first Korean to compete at five Olympic Games (1984 to 2000). He reached the 1992 and 1996 Olympic finals in 50 metre rifle prone, the first time advancing from 8th position to winning the gold medal. He also won two golds at the World Championships, four golds at the Asian Championships, and five golds at the Asian Games. He turned down offers of undergraduate study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and West Point and chose to study computer science at Texas Lutheran University Texas Lutheran University (TLU) is a private Evangelical Lutheran Church in America university in Seguin, Texas. History The university traces its roots back to 1891, to an academy of the first German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Texas, in Br ... so that he would be better able to balance the demands of his sport with getting an education. He is now a successful businessman in the high tech industry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Vokhmyanin
Vladimir Anatolyevich Vokhmyanin (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Вохмянин, born 27 January 1962) is a Kazakhstani sport shooter. He was born in Temirtau. He won two Olympic bronze medals in 25 metre rapid fire pistol; one at the 1992 Summer Olympics for the Unified Team and one at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Kazakhstan. He also finished 21st in 1988 and 12th in 2000. He trained at Dynamo in Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t .... References External links * 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Temirtau Soviet male sport shooters Kazakhstani male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |