Robert Roman Kraskowski (born 21 December 1967 in Słupsk) is a Polish sport shooter. Kraskowski had won a total of three medals at the ISSF World Cup circuit, including gold for the 10 m air rifle (1992 in Suhl, Germany). He also competed in the rifle shooting events at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona (only 10 m air rifle), and at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta. Twelve years after competing in his last Olympics, Kraskowski qualified for his third Polish team as a 41-year-old at the

2008 Summer Olympics 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 ...

in Beijing by placing sixth for the 10 m air rifle ( AR40) from the third meet of the

2006 ISSF World Cup 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smalles ...

in Munich, Germany. Kraskowski also received additional places for the 50 m rifle prone (

FR60PR 50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle. The time limit is ...

) and 50 m rifle 3 positions ( STR3X20); therefore, he competed for all 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 ...

, Kraskowski was able to hit a total of 589 points within six attempts, finishing thirty-third in the qualifying rounds. Few days later, he placed twenty-fifth in the

50 m rifle prone 50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle. The time limit is 7 ...

, by one target ahead of India's Sanjeev Rajput from the final attempt, with a total score of 591 points. In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Kraskowski was able to shoot 395 targets in a prone position, 373 in standing, and 388 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,156 points, finishing only in thirty-third place.

Olympic results

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ISSF Profile
Polish male sport shooters Living people Olympic shooters for Poland Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Słupsk 1967 births {{Poland-sportshooting-bio-stub