Sorin Babii (born 14 November 1963) is a retired pistol shooter from

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. He competed in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m free pistol events at six consecutive Olympics between 1984 and 2004 and won a gold medal in 1988 and a bronze in 1992. Babii was included to the national team in 1980 and won one gold, two silver and three bronze medals at European junior championships. In 1985 he moved to the senior category and won two bronze medals at world championships and three gold, six silver and four bronze medals at European championships. He took a break from shooting in 2002–2003 and retired for good in 2008 to become a shooting coach. His trainees include the 2012 Olympic champion

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.Sorin Babii

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Babii holds the military rank of

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. His wife Lucia Babii is a former Romanian champion in pistol shooting.

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Romanian male sport shooters Olympic gold medalists for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Romania 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Arad, Romania Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 20th-century Romanian people {{Romania-sportshooting-bio-stub