Sergy Rikhter

Sergey Rikhter

Sergey Rikhter in 2012
Personal information
Nickname(s) Serjo[1]
Born (1989-04-23) April 23, 1989
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence Rehovot, Israel
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Israel
Sport Sport shooting
Event(s) 10 metre air rifle
Club Maccabi Ra'anana Shooting Club[1]
Coached by Guy Starik and Evgeny Aleynikov

Sergey Rikhter (Hebrew: סרגיי ריכטר‎; Russian: Серге́й Рихтер; born April 23, 1989) is an Israeli Olympic sport shooter.[2]

He shares the junior world record in the 10 metre air rifle, and was the 2009 ISSF World Cup champion. He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In March 2013, he won the gold medal in the European Championship and was named European Champion at 10 m. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Games for Israel in the Men's 10m Air Rifle.

Early life

Rikhter was born on April 23, 1989 in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union, and now lives in Rehovot, Israel. He is Jewish and an Israeli citizen.[3][4] He began shooting in 2002, at 13 years of age, as part of a Gadna (Israel Defense Forces youth corps) program.[3][5] He then trained with Hapoel Rehovot.[5] Rikhter attended Katzir High School, in Rehovot.[1]

Shooting career

A typical 10 m match air rifle

Rikhter trains at the Herzliya firing range, is now a member of Maccabi Ra'anana.[3][5] He is right-handed, and his "master eye" is his right eye.[6] He is coached by Israeli three-time Olympian Guy Starik and Evgeny Aleynikov.[3][5][1] His club is Maccabi Ra'anana Shooting Club.[1]

Rikhter won a gold medal at 20 years of age at the 10 metre air rifle men's final of the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany.[7][8][9] His qualification score of 599 points was one point short of the world record, and tied the junior world record.[7][10] He won with 701.7 points.[7] Rikhter said after the match: “This is exciting, I did not expect to finish on the highest step of the podium. This is my fourth time in an international competition!”[7] He was signed to the German shooting team Kolber that same year.[5]

In February 2010, he won the gold medal in the IWK Air Gun competition men's 10 metre air rifle match in Munich.[11] In June 2010, he came in fourth in the men's 10 metre air rifle final at the 2010 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia, missing the bronze medal by one-tenth of a point.[12] In June 2011, he was ranked fifth in the world by the ISSF.[5]

He competed in the September 2011 ISSF World Cup final in the men's 10 metre air rifle.[13] He received a two-point deduction for being late to the final, which moved him down from second and a silver medal, to seventh place.[14] He won a silver medal at the 2011 Changwon, South Korea, World Cup, with 597 points, becoming the first Israeli athlete to qualify for the London Olympics.[3][5]

In April 2012, he won the silver medal in the 2012 Shooting World Cup in London, in men's 10 metre air rifle. His 701.1 points were a personal record.[15]

Rikhter competed on behalf of Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in men's 10 metre air rifle, having qualified by earning a quota place.[16][17] He missed the finals by one point, coming in 9th out of 30 competitors, with 8 shooters making it into the final.[18][19] After the Olympics, he planned to complete his military service, and to study graphic design.[5]

In March 2013, he won a gold medal in the European Championship in Odense, Denmark, and was named European Champion at 10 m.[20][21] In April 2013, he won a silver medal at a 2013 World Cup tournament in Changwon, South Korea.[20][22] In 2013 and 2014 he also won bronze medals at World Cup tournaments in Fort Benning, Georgia.[22]

On June 16, 2015, he took the bronze medal at the 2015 European Games for Israel in the Men's 10m Air Rifle.[23]

Current world record in 10 m air rifle

Current world records held in 10 m Air Rifle
Junior Men Individual 599  Cheon Min-ho (KOR)
 Zhu Qinan (CHN)
 Zhu Qinan (CHN)
 Sergy Rikhter (ISR)		 April 24, 2004
August 16, 2004
October 30, 2004
May 16, 2009		 Athens (GRE)
Athens (GRE)
Bangkok (THA)
Munich (GER)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Baku 2015 1St European Games – Athletes – RICHTER Sergey". Baku 2015.
  2. ↑ "European Championship 10m; Brescia, Italy, 1.3.2011 – 7.3.2011" (PDF). echbrescia2011.it. March 2, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Portrait of the shooter; Rikhter, Sergy – ISR". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ ".". Australian Jewish News. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Talshir, Uri (October 23, 2011). "Aiming high". Haaretz. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ "ISSF". International Shooting Sport Federation. March 26, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Marco Dalla Dea (May 16, 2009). "Air Rifle Men – Rikhter brought Israel’s flag on the podium". Shooting.by. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Chinese Shooters Suffer Mini-Waterloo in Munich World Cup". English.cri.cn. May 17, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  9. ↑ "10m Air Rifle Men". Issf-sports.org. May 16, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  10. ↑ "ISSF World Cup Munich: medal standings and records.". Archerfish.org. May 20, 2009. Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  11. ↑ "IWK in Munich – The Rifle and Pistol season starts from here". Archerfish.org. February 6, 2010. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  12. ↑ MDD (June 28, 2010). "10m Air Rifle Men – Campriani claimed Gold". ISSF. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  13. ↑ "ISSF World Cup Final; 10m Air Rifle Men; Wroclaw; Sep 22, 2011" (PDF). Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Zhu set a new 10m Air Rifle Men final world record". Issf-sports.org. September 22, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Israeli sharpshooter wins World Cup silver". ynet.
  16. ↑ Lancman, Rory (July 17, 2011). "Israeli swimmers earn a spot at 2012 Summer Olympics". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  17. ↑ "ISSF World Cup Changwon: Day 1". USA Shooting. April 9, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Israeli Swimmer Sets National Record at Olympics". Algemeiner.
  19. ↑ "Olympics-Men's shooting 10m air rifle qualification results". Reuters.
  20. 1 2 "Israeli marksman snags silver medal". The Times of Israel.
  21. ↑ "Israeli sharpshooter wins gold in Europe". The Times of Israel.
  22. 1 2 "ISSF – International Shooting Sport Federation". issf-sports.org.
  23. ↑ "Second gold for Belarus at Baku 2015 European Games". belta.by.

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