Sergei Martynov ( be, Сяргей Анатолевіч Мартынаў; new transliteration Siarhei Martynau,

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Siarhiej Anatolevič Martynaŭ) (born 18 May 1968) is a

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ian 50 m rifle shooter. He is the 2012 Olympic champion in the 50 m rifle prone event.

Life and career

Martynov was born in

Vereya, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast Vereya (russian: Вере́я) is a town in Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Protva River southwest of Moscow. Population: 6,500 (1969). History It was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1371 ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

. Although a world-class competitor in the

three positions International Rifle events that occur in three positions are conducted with an equal number of shots fired from the Kneeling, Prone and Standing positions, although the order has changed over the years. Each of the three positions shot during the ...

event, he achieved his greatest successes in the

prone Prone position () is a body position in which the person lies flat with the chest down and the back up. In anatomical terms of location, the dorsal side is up, and the ventral side is down. The supine position is the 180° contrast. Etymolog ...

event. He won bronze medals in the 50 m rifle prone events at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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and

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), ...

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. Martynov won gold at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships. He also has numerous victories in

ISSF World Cup The ISSF World Cup was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions. It still is carried out in the Olympic shooting events, with four comp ...

s and World Cup Finals. He has reached the maximum score of 600 points six times in competition, more than any other shooter. In 2012, at age 44, he was awarded his first Olympic gold medal, winning the 50 m rifle prone event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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Olympic results

Records

References

External links

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Martynov's profile at ISSF NEWS
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martynov, Sergei 1968 births Living people Belarusian male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Belarus Olympic shooters of the Soviet Union ISSF rifle shooters World record holders in shooting Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus Olympic gold medalists for Belarus Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Belarus European Games medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Russian emigrants to Belarus People from Naro-Fominsky District