|
Shooting At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 Metre Rifle Prone
The Men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 3 August 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks. The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a .22 Long Rifle The .22 Long Rifle or simply .22 LR or 22 (metric designation: 5.6×15mmR) is a long-established variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition originating from the United States. It is used in a wide range of rifles, pistols, revolvers, smo ... at 50 metres distance from the prone position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10. The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots were scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots were used to determine final ranking. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Artillery Barracks
Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, is a barracks of the British Army which forms part of Woolwich Garrison. The Royal Regiment of Artillery had its headquarters here from 1776 until 2007, when it was moved to Larkhill Garrison. History In 1716 two permanent field companies of Artillery (each of a hundred men) were formed by royal Warrant and placed under the command of the Master-General of the Ordnance. They were initially quartered in the Warren, about half a mile from the current barracks site. By 1771 the Royal Regiment of Artillery numbered over 2,400, over a third of whom were usually quartered in Woolwich. Having outgrown its barracks in the Warren, the regiment looked to establish itself in new quarters elsewhere in Woolwich. 18th-century establishment Work on the new barracks began in 1774 on a site overlooking Woolwich Common. As originally built (1774-6) the barracks frontage was only half the present length, being the eastern half of the current south elevation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gagan Narang
Gagan Narang (born 6 May 1983) is an Indian sport shooter, supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a final score of 701.1 on 30 July 2012. Early life and background Gagan was born to Bhimsen Narang and his wife Amarjit, in a Punjabi Hindu Arora family in Chennai on 6 May 1983. His father is a retired chief manager of the Air India. Gagan's family hail from the Simla Gujran village of Haryana's Panipat district. However, his father's job assignments made them to shift from Panipat to Hyderabad, where he was brought up. He did his schooling from the Gitanjali Senior School. He attained his Bachelor of Computer Application degree from the Hyderabad's Osmania University. He took to shooting when his father presented him an air pistol in 1997. He went about perfecting his shooting skills at the backyard of his home in Begumpet. According to his father, Gagan showed early sparks of his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Hammond (sport Shooter)
Jonathan Hammond is a British sport shooter, who has competed for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the Olympics. He is currently the head coach of the rifle team at the West Virginia University. Early life Hammond was born on 1 October 1980 in Aberdeen, Scotland. He began shooting at Ardvreck School in Crieff, Perthshire and at the age of 13 he won the Scottish under-18s championships. At the age of 17 he won the World Junior Championship in prone rifle. He has a BA in geography and a master's in sport management. 2008 Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, Hammond competed in three events as the sole representative in rifle for Great Britain. In his first event, the men's 10 metres air rifle, Hammond scored 589 points to finish in 29th place as Abhinav Bindra won to become India's first ever individual Olympic gold medallist. Hammond came 34th in the 50 metre rifle prone again scoring 589 points as gold was won by Artur A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Uptagrafft
Eric Allan Uptagrafft (born February 16, 1966) is an American sport shooter. He was born in Spokane, Washington, and lives in Firestone, Colorado. He competed for the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50, coming in tied for 30th. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished in 16th in the same event. He shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition. Current world record in 50 m rifle prone References 1966 births Living people American male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the United States Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Spokane, Washington Sportspeople from Weld County, Colorado Sportspeople from Colorado Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in shooting West Virginia Mountaineers rifle shooters Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Shooters at the 2003 Pan American Games {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hak-Man
Kim Hak-Man (born 26 March 1976 in South Chungcheong Province) is a South Korean rifle shooter. He competed in the 50 m rifle prone event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 15th. He finished in 28th place in the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... References 1976 births Living people South Korean male sport shooters Olympic shooters for South Korea Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from South Chungcheong Province Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games South Korean Buddhists 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Bürge
Marcel Bürge (born 28 March 1972 in Arbon) is a Switzerland, Swiss Shooting sport, rifle shooter. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 14th in the Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone, 50 m rifle prone event and 11th in the Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions, 50 m rifle three positions event. References 1972 births Living people Swiss male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Switzerland Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Arbon Sportspeople from Thurgau {{Switzerland-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odd Arne Brekne
Odd Arne Brekne (born 1 September 1984) is a Norwegian sport shooter. Biography Brekne was born in Farsund. He qualified to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the men's 50 m rifle prone, where he finished in 13th place. At the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, he won a gold medal in 300 m rifle prone team, along with Kim-André Lund Kim-André Lund (born 11 September 1990) is a Norwegian sport shooter. He participated at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships, winning a medal. At the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, he won a gold medal in 300 m rifle pro ... and Simon Claussen. References External links * * Norwegian male sport shooters 1984 births Living people People from Farsund Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Norway Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Norway ISSF rifle shooters Sportspeople from Agder 21st-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Khadjibekov
Artyom Aleksandrovich Khadjibekov (russian: Артём Александрович Хаджибеков; born April 20, 1970 in Obninsk) is a Russian sport shooter, specializing in the rifles event. He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games and silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in the 10 metre air rifle event. He also competed at 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. Olympic results Records Khadjibekov was part of the Soviet team that formerly held the world record in the 50 meter rifle three positions 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ... junior event. External linksProfile on issfnews.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Péter Sidi
Péter Sidi (born 11 September 1978 in Komárom) is a Hungarian sport shooter. He has been world champion in the 50 m rifle 3 positions, as well as winning silver medals in the 300 m rifle prone and the men's 10 metre air rifle. He has also won bronze medals in the 50 metre rifle 3 positions and the 50 m rifle prone team event. He currently holds the qualification world record in 10 m Air Rifle. He has competed at five Olympic Games, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ..., in the Men's 10 metre air rifle, Men's 50 metre rifle prone and Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions. His best results are 5th at the men's 10 m air rifle in 2016 and 6th in the men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions. On 21 June 2021 Peter Sidi has been handed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemanja Mirosavljev
Nemanja Mirosavljev (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Миросављев; born May 10, 1970, in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian sport shooter. He is currently a member of SD Novi Sad 1790. Mirosavljev has competed at five Summer Olympics in his career, under three different flags - Independent Olympic Participants, Yugoslavia and also Serbia and Montenegro. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, Mirosavljev once again represented his country - Serbia. He gained his qualification by taking 5th place at the 2007 World Cup #2 Rifle, Pistol in Sydney, Australia and competed at the 50 m Rifle 3 Positions Men event in Beijing. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McPhail
Michael McPhail (born December 15, 1981) is an American rifle shooter. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2011 Pan American Games. He competed in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 9th. McPhail started training in shooting in 1996. On August 16, 2004, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. After completing basic and infantry training at Fort Benning Fort Benning is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia, adjacent to the Alabama–Georgia border. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees ..., in early 2005 he was assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. army.mil References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
