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| Born | October 24, 1960 (1960-10-24) (age 65) | ||||||||||||||
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Sergei Pyzhianov (born October 24, 1960) is a formerSoviet pistol shooter. During the last few years of the Soviet Union's dominance, he was a major star on the pistol team. He was born inKem.[1]
Although never anOlympic champion, he competed at three Olympics,1980,1992 and1996, winning a silver medal in the 10m air pistol in 1992.[1]
He also won theISSF World Shooting Championships three times: in 1986 (50 metre pistol), 1989 (10 metre air pistol) and 1990 (25 metre center-fire pistol). In 1989, he also won the firstISSF World Cup Final with the new air pistol targets, setting two new world records after 593 points in the qualification round and 102.1 points in the final round. The former stood until 2009 and the latter remains unbeaten.
| Current world records held in25 metre center-fire pistol | ||||||
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| Men (ISSF) | Teams | 1762 |  Soviet Union (Ignatiuk,Kuzmins,Pyzhianov) | August 15, 1990 | Moscow(URS) | edit |
| Current world records held in25 metre standard pistol | ||||||
| Men | Teams | 1725 | Soviet Union (Kuzmins,Melentyev,Turla) Soviet Union (Kuzmins,Basinski,Pyzhianov) | September 10, 1985 September 8, 1986 | Osijek(YUG) Suhl(GDR) | edit |
| Current world records held in10 metre air pistol | ||||||
| Men | Final | 246.5 |  Kim Song Guk (PRK) | November 11, 2019 | Doha(QAT) | edit |
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