Michael Winter (born May 20, 1976 in
Munich
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) is a German sport shooter.
Winter represented
Germany
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events.
In his first event,
10 m air rifle
10 metre air rifle (N.B. For "Meter" in this article – read "Metre") is an ISSF shooting events, International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, bullseye shooting, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of using a .177 calibe ...
, Winter was able to hit a total of 588 points within six attempts, finishing thirty-sixth in the qualifying rounds. Few days later, he placed thirty-first in the
50 m rifle prone
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, by one target ahead of Switzerland's
Marcel Bürge from the final attempt, with a total score of 590 points. In his third and last event,
50 m rifle 3 positions, Winter was able to shoot 396 targets in a prone position, and 385 each in standing and in kneeling, for a total score of 1,166 points, finishing only in seventeenth place.
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile
German male sport shooters
Living people
Olympic shooters for Germany
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Munich
1976 births
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