Erik Varga ( hu, Varga Erik; born 9 June 1976) is a Slovak

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such a ...

who specializes in the

trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...

. He is a member of the Hungarian community in

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. At the

2008 Olympic Games 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 ...

he finished in joint eighth place in the

qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round. At the

2012 Olympic Games 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 ...

he finished in twelfth place in the

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* 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Šaľa Slovak male sport shooters Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Slovakia Trap and double trap shooters Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games gold medalists for Slovakia European Games silver medalists for Slovakia European Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2019 European Games Hungarians in Slovakia Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Slovak people 21st-century Slovak people {{Slovakia-sportshooting-bio-stub