Vitaliy Dovgun

Vitaliy Dovgun

Personal information
Full name	Vitaliy Semyonovich Dovgun
Nationality	Kazakhstan
Born	15 February 1971
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	104 kg (229 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10 m air rifle (AR40) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
Club	Dynamo Almaty
Medal record Men's shooting Competitor for  Kazakhstan Asian Games 2006 Doha 50 m rifle prone team 2006 Doha 50 m rifle 3 positions team 2010 Guangzhou 50 m rifle 3 positions team 2002 Busan 50 m rifle 3 positions team 2002 Busan 50 m rifle prone team

Vitaliy Semyonovich Dovgun (Kazakh: Виталий Семёнович Довгун; born February 15, 1971) is a Kazakhstani sport shooter.^[1] At age thirty-eight, Dovgun made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in all three rifle shooting events. He is also the husband of four-time Olympian Olga Dovgun, who qualified for the same category at these Olympic games.

In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Dovgun was able to hit a total of 587 points within six attempts, finishing thirty-eighth in the qualifying rounds.^[2] Few days later, he placed twentieth in the 50 m rifle prone, by one target ahead of Slovenia's Rajmond Debevec from the second attempt, with a total score of 592 points.^[3] In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Yurkov was able to shoot 398 targets in a prone position, 381 in standing, and 379 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,158 points, finishing only in twenty-seventh place.^[4]

References

1. "Vitaliy Dovgun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
2. "Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
3. "Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
4. "Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile