Michael Winter (sport shooter)

Michael Winter
Personal information
Nationality  Germany
Born (1976-05-20) 20 May 1976
Munich, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 10 m air rifle (AR60)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
Club HSG München[1]
Coached by Claus Dieter Roth[1]

Michael Winter (born May 20, 1976 in Munich) is a German sport shooter.[2][1] Winter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events.

In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Winter was able to hit a total of 588 points within six attempts, finishing thirty-sixth in the qualifying rounds.[3] Few days later, he placed thirty-first in the 50 m rifle prone, by one target ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Bürge from the final attempt, with a total score of 590 points.[4] In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Winter was able to shoot 396 targets in a prone position, and 385 each in standing and in kneeling, for a total score of 1,166 points, finishing only in seventeenth place.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ISSF Profile – Michael Winter". ISSF. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  2. "Michael Winter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. "Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. "Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  5. "Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

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