Oleh Ivanovych Tkachov ( uk, Олег Іванович Ткачов; born 5 May 1962 in
Kyiv
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) is a Ukrainian sport shooter. He claimed the gold medal in rapid fire pistol shooting at the 2003 ISSF World Cup series in
Fort Benning, Georgia
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,
United States
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, and later finished fourth at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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, narrowly missing out his chance to climb up the medal podium.
Serving as a member of the Kyiv Armed Forces, Tkachov trained throughout his sporting career for the army's shooting club under his personal coach Oleksandr Savchuk.
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Tkachov qualified for the Ukrainian squad, as the oldest male athlete (aged 42), in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol at the ]2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in Athens
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. Earlier in the process, he eclipsed a minimum score of 587 points to grab his own slot for the Games and earn a gold medal victory at the initial stop of the 2003 ISSF World Cup series in Fort Benning, Georgia
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, United States
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.[ Having achieved a score of 587 to obtain the fifth spot from the prelims, Tkachov solidly scored 101.7 points to claim a fourth-place finish in the final at 688.7, but narrowly missed out his chance for an Olympic medal by nearly four points behind the Russians ]Sergei Polyakov
Sergei Vladimirovich Polyakov (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Поляков, born January 22, 1968, in Vinnytsia) is a Russian sport shooter, specializing in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event. He won the silver medal at the 2 ...
and Sergei Alifirenko
Sergei Gennadievich Alifirenko (russian: Серге́й Геннадиевич Алифиренко, born 21 January 1959) is a Russian pistol shooter, originally from Armenia, specializing in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event.
He was born in Kir ...
.
References
External links
ISSF Profile
1962 births
Living people
Ukrainian male sport shooters
Olympic shooters for Ukraine
Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Kyiv
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