Henri Junghänel (also spelled Junghaenel, born 5 February 1988) is a German shooter. He represented his country at the

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, where he won the gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event. He attended the

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where he was a member of the Kentucky Wildcats rifle team and graduated in 2013 with a

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degree.

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* * * * 1988 births Living people German male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games gold medalists for Germany European Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2015 European Games 21st-century German people 20th-century German people People from Odenwaldkreis Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region) {{Germany-sportshooting-bio-stub