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| Native name | 王义夫 |
| Born | (1960-12-04)4 December 1960 (age 64) Liaoyang,Liaoning,People’s Republic of China |
Wang Yifu (Chinese:王义夫;pinyin:Wáng Yìfū, born 4 December 1960) is a maleChinese pistolshooter, 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 the50 m Pistol and10 m Air Pistol events. He is the only shooter to have won two gold medals in men's10 metre air pistol.
Wang was born on 4 December 1960 inLiaoyang,Liaoning.[1] Wang won his first Olympic medal in theLos Angeles 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 overRoberto Di Donna of Italy, 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 theextreme heat inAtlanta that day.[2]
In 2000, both Wang andFranck Dumoulin (France) scored 590 points and tied for a new Olympic record. Wang lost by two points in the final. In the2004 competition, Wang scored 590 once more but lost the Olympic record toMikhail Nestruev (Russia) 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 theISSF World Shooting Championships, Wang won both 50 m Pistol (in 1994) and 10 m Air Pistol (in 1998). Wang is married to sport shooterZhang Qiuping.[3]
Olympic champions in men's10 metre air pistol | |
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