Dick Boschman (born 10 October 1974) is a Dutch sport shooter. He has been selected to compete for the

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in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has won a career tally of nine medals in a major international competition, spanning the

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series and the

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. Boschman trains full-time under trainer Heinz Reinkemeier (GER) for the national team, while practicing at Oostendorp Shooting Range ( nl, Schietvereniging Oostendorp) in his hometown Elburg. Boschman's Olympic debut came at the

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, where he finished in a three-way tie with Argentina's Pablo Álvarez and France's

Franck Badiou Franck Badiou (born 24 March 1967) is a French former sports shooter, Olympic medallist and coach. He won silver medal in the 10 metre air rifle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He was also European Champion in the same discipline in 19 ...

for thirty-first position in the

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, shooting 586 points out of a possible 600. Boschman showed his most potential form in bouncing back to the range by earning his only individual gold in the air rifle at the 2001 European Championships in Pontevedra,

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with 697.8 points, solidifying a narrow 0.2-point lead upon silver medalist

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 ...

of Hungary. The next season had contributed to a much rapid improvement on Boschman, as he finished seventh in the final of his signature event at the

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. Boschman's score of 698.1 points had secured him an Olympic quota place for the

in his second Games. At the

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, Boschman extended his Olympic program to three events in his repertoire, competing in both air and small-bore rifle shooting. Boschman started off with his signature event,

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, where he shot a frustrating 593 out of a possible 600 to tie for eighteenth with three other shooters. Four days later, Boschman came up with an ill-fated aim to get 587 points in the qualifying round of the

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that saw him toppling down the leaderboard to a distant fortieth in a 46-shooter field. In his third and last event, the 50 m rifle 3 positions, Boschman marked a substantial 392 in prone and 381 each in both standing and kneeling to collect a total score of 1154 points, tying with Ukraine's

Yuriy Sukhorukov Jury Sukhorukov (Ukraine: Юрій Сухоруков; born 29 March 1968) is an Olympic shooter from Ukraine. He won a silver medal in the Men's 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ...

for twenty-sixth place.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boschman, Dick 1974 births Living people Dutch male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the Netherlands Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Elburg Sportspeople from Gelderland 21st-century Dutch people