Vladimir Anatolyevich Vokhmyanin (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Вохмянин, born 27 January 1962) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

. He was born in

Temirtau Temirtau ( kz, Теміртау, translit=Temırtau; russian: Темиртау) is a city in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan. The population was 170,481 in the 1999 census, rising to 210,590 in 2015. The city is located on the Nura River (th ...

. He won two Olympic bronze medals in

25 metre rapid fire pistol 25 meter rapid fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events and is shot with .22 LR pistols. The event has been a part of the Olympic program ever since the beginning in 1896, although its rules changed greatly before World War II, after whic ...

; one 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 ...

for the Unified Team and one 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, ...

for

. He also finished 21st in

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and 12th in

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

. He trained at

Dynamo "Dynamo Electric Machine" (end view, partly section, ) A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. Dynamos were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power for industry, and the foundati ...

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

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* 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Temirtau Soviet male sport shooters Kazakhstani male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the Unified Team Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Kazakhstan Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic medalists in shooting Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Kazakhstani people of Russian descent {{Kazakhstan-sportshooting-bio-stub