Miro Sipek

Miroslav Šipek

2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Sipek
Personal information
Full name Srecko Pejic Miroslav Šipek
Nationality Australia
Born (1948-04-06) 6 April 1948
Sarajevo, People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 176 cm (69 in) (1976)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb) (1976)
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Shooting

Miroslav "Miro" Šipek (born 6 April 1948) is a Yugoslav Australian rifle shooting coach. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics in rifle shooting. He was the coach for Australia's shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Personal

Sipek was born on 6 April 1948[1] in Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2][3][4] When he competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, he was 176 centimetres (69 in) tall and weighed 67 kilograms (148 lb).[1] In 1984, he was a sculptor.[5] During the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, he was attempting to get a permit which would have allowed a snowman to have a permit to carry a rifle to the biathlete event.[5] In 2008, he was based in Melbourne, Australia.[6]

Shooting

Competing

Sipek competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics where he represented Yugoslavia in the Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres event. He finished thirty-first overall.[1][3][4]

Coaching

Sipek is a rifle shooting coach.[7] Shooters he has coached include Warren Potent,[6][8] Ashley Adams,[7][9] Libby Kosmala[10][11] and Jason Maroney.[12] He started coaching Ben Burge in 2003.[13]

He coached the Australian national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[14] Budget cuts meant he lost his Australian national team rifle coaching position in 2000.[15] He coached the Australian Olympic rifle team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, his sixth Olympics he attended.[16] He coached the able bodied and disability national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.[9][10][17][18] He travelled with the team to Beijing.[6] He talked to the press following a poor performance by Ashley Adams.[18] He coached the national team at the 2010 International Shooting World Cup.[19] In 2011, he was the head coach of the Australian Paralympic and Olympic Australian national teams.[20] He helped oversee the Paralympic national team as they began to use specially designed shooting wheelchairs.[20] He coached the national team at the 2012 ISSF World Cup.[21] He was the coach for Australia's shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[22][23]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Miroslav Šipek Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. 6 April 1948. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Migrant Blokes And Sheilas Celebrate 50 Years of Learning Strine". Sheilas.com.au. 21 May 1998. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 "The biggest accomp". Okbih.ba. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  4. 1 2 "XXI.OLIMPIJSKE IGRE – MONTREAL 1976.GODINA". Federalna.ba. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  5. 1 2 Combined News Services (16 February 1984). "Committee representative pushes for pure amateurs". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 26. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 "Potent firing bronze medal". Australia: The Australan. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  7. 1 2 ""In the wars" Ashley just short of triumph". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Shooting – Sports – Olympics". Sydney: Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  9. 1 2 "Tender is good; Gold is better". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Libby shooting for gold". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Sri Lanka Sports News | Online edition of Daily News – Lakehouse Newspapers". Dailynews.lk. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "Jason Maroney". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  13. ↑ McGrath, Brad (20 May 2008). "Burge surge". The Border Mail. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  14. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN TEAM GUIDE Shooting". The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia). 5 September 2000. p. L19. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  15. ↑ Capel, Andrew (24 September 2000). "Coaches dumped". Sunday Mail (Adelaide, Australia). p. L16. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  16. ↑ John Hadoulis (30 April 2004). "Shooting stars target new Markopoulo range | Athens News". Athensnews.gr. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  17. ↑ "Adams misses out on Paralympics bronze – ABC North West Qld – Australian Broadcasting Corporation". Abc.net.au. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  18. 1 2 "Adams gives medals a close shot – 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games – ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  19. ↑ "Australian gold at Shooting World Cup". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  20. 1 2 Stillitano, Iliana (1 March 2011). "Design is spot on". Camden Advertiser (Australia). Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  21. ↑ "Australians right on target". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  22. ↑ "Paralympic shooters on target for London". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  23. ↑ "AISL – Key Contacts". Ausshooting.org. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
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