Martin Podhráský (born 11 October 1983) is a Czech sport shooter and physician. He won two gold medals, and eventually set a new world record of 583 points in the men's rapid fire pistol ( RFP) at the 2011 ISSF World Cup series in

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, and in

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. Podhrasky represented the

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at the

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, where he competed in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, along with his teammate

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. He placed fourteenth out of nineteen shooters in the qualifying rounds of the event, with a total score of 565 points (276 on the first stage, and 289 on the second). At the

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, Podhrasky finished only in seventh place, and thereby missed out of the final round in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol by one point behind Germany's

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from the second stage, for a total score of 583 targets.

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NBC Olympics Profile
Czech male sport shooters Living people Olympic shooters for the Czech Republic Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Prague 1983 births Shooters at the 2015 European Games Shooters at the 2019 European Games Shooters at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for the Czech Republic European Games bronze medalists for the Czech Republic European Games medalists in shooting {{CzechRepublic-sport-bio-stub