Alexander Remmovich Melentyev (russian: Алекса́ндр Ре́ммович Меле́нтьев; 27 June 1954 – 16 February 2015) was a Soviet competitive sport shooter who won a gold medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. The world record he set in 1980 remained unbeaten for 34 years. He was the first Olympic gold medalist from Kyrgyzstan.

Bio

Melentyev was born in the Russian city of Penza but grew up in the Kyrgyz SSR. At the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Melentyev achieved a world record result of 581 (from 600, without final) in the 50 m pistol event in setting a new world and a new Olympic record. The world record was surpassed by

Jin Jong-oh Jin Jong-oh (진종오; ; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. The only individual four-time Olympic champion in shooting, he is the most successful individua ...

at the 2014 World Championships; with his score of 581 Melentyev remains the current Olympic record holder.

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* 1954 births 2015 deaths Soviet male sport shooters Russian male sport shooters Kyrgyzstani male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters of the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games Sportspeople from Penza Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan