Tino Wenzel (born 18 December 1973 in Ibbenbüren,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

) is a German sport shooter. He won a gold medal for the men's skeet shooting at the

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, and bronze at the 2003 ISSF World Cup in

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, accumulating scores of 145 and 147 targets, respectively. Wenzel is also the husband of Olympic bronze medalist Christine Brinker. At age thirty-four, Wenzel made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, where he competed in the men's skeet shooting, along with his teammate

Axel Wegner Axel Wegner (born 3 June 1963 in Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul ...

. He finished only in thirteenth place by one point ahead of Italian shooter and former Olympic champion

Ennio Falco Ennio Falco (born 3 January 1968) is a former Italian sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in skeet shooting in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

from the final attempt, for a total score of 117 targets.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1973 births Living people People from Ibbenbüren Sportspeople from Münster (region) German male sport shooters Skeet shooters Olympic shooters of Germany Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Germany-sportshooting-bio-stub