Yevgeni Vasilyevich Aleinikov (russian: Евгений Васильевич Алейников, born May 29, 1967 in

Ordzhonikidze, Ukraine Pokrov ( ), formerly Ordzhonikidze () is a small city and mining town in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pokrov urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximat ...

) is a Russian sport shooter, specializing in the

rifle A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ...

s event. He won the bronze medal at the

2000 Olympic Games 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 ...

in the

10 metre air rifle 10 metre air rifle (N.B. For "Meter" in this article – read "Metre") is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of using a calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of . It ...

event. He also competed at

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Olympic results

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1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Vladikavkaz Soviet male sport shooters Russian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters of Russia Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Russia-sportshooting-bio-stub