Christian Klees is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 former sport shooter, the only shooter since the 1989 target change to have achieved the maximum score (600) in the 50 metre rifle prone

50 metre rifle prone

50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle...

 event at the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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. He did this in at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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. His excellent final of 104.8 (out of maximal 109.0) also gave him the gold medal, as well as an aggregate result that is still the world record. Klees left the international shooting scene after the 2001 season.