Christian Reitz (born 29 April 1987) is a German 25 metre rapid fire pistol

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, the current world record holder.

Career

He rose to fame during 2005, the first year with the new equipment rules, but was defeated in that year's European Junior Championships by teammate

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before finishing his junior career with victories in the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships and the 2007 European Championships. In his first year as a senior, Reitz won two World Cup competitions and was the runner-up behind three-time Olympic champion

Ralf Schumann Ralf Schumann (born 10 June 1962) is a former German 25 m rapid fire pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice the World Champion. One of the most decorated shooters of the modern era, he is the first of two sport shooters to ...

at another, equalling the world record with a 591 score in

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, and raising Schumann's final world record from 790.0 to 794.0. At the

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, he won the bronze medal behind

Oleksandr Petriv Oleksandr Petriv ( uk, Олександр Петрів; born 5 August 1974) is a Ukrainian Olympic shooter. He won a gold medal in the Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chines ...

and Schumann.

Performance timeline

25 metre rapid fire pistol

Records

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