Sergey Andreyevich Kruglov (also Sergei Kruglov, russian: Серге́й Андреевич Круглов; born 27 March 1985 in
Khabarovsk
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) is a Russian sport shooter. In 2010, Kruglov had won a gold medal for the 10 m air rifle at the European Shooting Championships in
Meråker,
Norway
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, and eventually captured the bronze at the ISSF World Cup in
Fort Benning, Georgia,
United States
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. He is also a member of CSA Pomoriye and is coached and trained by Oleg Seleznev.
Kruglov represented
Russia
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed in the
men's 10 m air rifle, along with his teammate Konstantin Prikhodtchenko. He finished only in eighth place by seven tenths of a point (0.7) behind Serbia's
Stevan Pletikosić
Stevan Pletikosić ( sr-cyrl, Стеван Плетикосић) (born 14 March 1972 in Kragujevac, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a sport shooter from Serbia. While still a junior, he won a bronze medal in Men's 50 m Rifle Prone in the 1992 Su ...
, for a total score of 697 targets (595 in the preliminary rounds and 102 in the final).
In 2013 Sergey started working for the Russian National Team, doubling his efforts as a competitive shooter.
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Russian male sport shooters
Living people
Olympic shooters of Russia
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Khabarovsk
1985 births
Shooters at the 2015 European Games
European Games bronze medalists for Russia
European Games medalists in shooting
Universiade medalists in shooting
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
21st-century Russian people
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