Wang Yifu (, born December 4, 1960 in

Liaoyang Liaoyang () is a prefecture-level city of east-central Liaoning province, China, situated on the Taizi River. It is approximately one hour south of Shenyang, the provincial capital, by car. Liaoyang is home to Liaoning University's College of Fo ...

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) is a male

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pistol

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, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times, and was the first shooter with six individual Olympic medals. He specializes in the

50 m Pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to th ...

and

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events. He is the only shooter to have won two gold medals in men's

10 metre air pistol The 10 meter air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). It is similar to 10 meter air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm (or .177) caliber air guns at a distance of 10 m ...

. Wang won his first Olympic medal in the

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games at the age of 23. After this, the Air Pistol event was added to the program, and this is where he has achieved his greatest accomplishments. He won the 1992 gold medal only days after a new medal in the 50 m event. His three attempts to repeat the victory have provided impressive results and very tight duels: * In 1996, Wang had a two-point pre-final lead over

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), and seemed to be the clear winner until in the last shot he got only 6.5 (at a level where anything below 9.0 is considered a very bad shot), and lost the gold medal by the closest possible margin, 0.1 point. Related to this was a collapse due to medical issues coupled with the

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that day. * In 2000, both Wang and

Franck Dumoulin Franck Dumoulin (born May 13, 1973 in Denain) is a pistol shooter from Bordeaux, France. Palmarès Olympic Games World Championships * 1994 World Championships (Milan, Italia) : ** Gold Medal in 10 m Air Pistol ** Bronze Medal in 5 ...

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) scored 590 points and tied for a new Olympic record. Wang lost by two points in the final. * In the 2004 competition, Wang scored 590 once more, but lost the Olympic record to

Mikhail Nestruev Mikhail Valeryevich Nestruyev (russian: Михаил Валерьевич Неструев, born 28 October 1968 in Moscow) is a pistol shooter from Moscow, Russia. He is an all-round shooter, having achieved great successes in all five ISSF pis ...

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) who achieved 591. However, the Chinese managed to erase the small gap and eventually won by a margin of 0.2 points to get his second Olympic gold. Also in the

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, Wang has won both 50 m Pistol (in 1994) and 10 m Air Pistol (in 1998). Wang Yifu is married to sport shooter Zhang Qiuping.

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External links

Wang's profile at ISSF NEWS
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