Warren James Potent (born 7 April 1962) is an Australian

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 a ...

. He won the bronze medal in the

50 metre rifle prone 50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle. The time limit is 7 ...

at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He won two of the four competitions during the 2007 World Cup season. In the

2008 ISSF World Cup The 2008 ISSF World Cup was the twenty-third annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Four qualification competitions were held in each event, spanning from March ...

, he won two bronzes as well as the gold in the pre-Olympic event in Beijing, where he equalled Christian Klees's then world record for the final aggregate score. At the 2014 ISSF World Championships in Grenada he became the 50 metre rifle prone World Champion.

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* * * 1962 births Australian male sport shooters Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia ISSF rifle shooters Living people Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in shooting Olympic shooters for Australia People from Parramatta Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Sydney World record holders in shooting Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub