Andrzej Głyda (born 12 September 1979 in

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) is a Polish sport shooter. He was selected to compete for

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in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and eventually won two career medals, a gold and a silver, in a major international competition, spanning the

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and

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. Głyda is a member of the shooting team for WSK Śląsk Wrocław, and a resident athlete of the Polish Sport Shooting Federation, where he trains throughout his sporting career under head coach and 1976 Olympic bronze medalist

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. Głyda's Olympic debut came as a 21-year-old newcomer at the

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, where he tallied 121 birds out of a possible 125 to establish a joint fourteen-place tie with five other shooters, including Australia's home favorite Clive Barton and defending Olympic champion

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of Italy, in the men's skeet. In 2003, Głyda claimed his first ever gold medal in a spectacular fashion at the ISSF World Shotgun Championships in

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with a score of 146, boosting a single-target lead over top three finalists Jin Di of China and

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of the United States. Coming atop the podium, Głyda also gained an Olympic quota place for

, and was eventually selected to compete in his second Games. At the

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, Głyda qualified for his second Polish team as a lone shooter in the men's skeet, by having registered a minimum qualifying score of 122 from his fantastic top finish at the World Shotgun Championships less than a year earlier. Clearly one of the frontrunners vying for an Olympic medal as a defending World champion, Głyda slipped out of his contention to an unprecedented tie with seven other shooters for twenty-first place in the qualifying round, shooting an identical score of 119 birds.

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Polish Olympic Committee Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glyda, Andrzej 1979 births Living people Polish male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Poland Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Poznań