Sergei Martynov (sport shooter)
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Sergei Martynov (born May 18, 1968) is a Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

ian 50 m Rifle
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...

 shooter, originally from Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.

Although a world-class competitor in the Three positions
Three positions
International Rifle events in Three positions are conducted with an equal number of shots fired from the Prone, the Standing and the Kneeling positions, always in that order....

 event, it is in the Prone
Prone position
The term means to lie on bed or ground in a position with chest downwards and back upwards.-Etymology :The word "prone," meaning "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," has been recorded in English since 1382; the meaning "lying face-down" was first recorded in 1578, but is also referred to...

 event he has had his greatest accomplishments. He has never won the Olympic Games
Shooting at the Summer Olympics
Shooting sports have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics except at the 1904 & 1928 editions.-Men's:...

, but in 2006
2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships
The 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia from July 22, 2006 to August 5, 2006.- Medal count :- World records :A total of 15 world records were bettered or equalled during the championships.- Men :- Women :- Men :...

 he became world champion, and he has numerous victories in ISSF World Cup
ISSF World Cup
The ISSF World Cup was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions. It still is carried out in the Olympic shooting events, with four competitions per year in each event...

s and World Cup Finals. He has also reached the maximum score of 600 points more times than any other shooter, namely five.

Olympic results

Event 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
50 metre rifle three positions
50 metre rifle three positions
50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women...

8th
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Both Jean-Pierre Amat and Sergey Belyayev reached a new Olympic record of 1175 points in the qualification round; Amat shot the better final and won the gold medal.-Qualification round:OR...


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9th
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
-Qualification round:OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final-Final:OR Olympic record...


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29th
1152
34th
1156
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...

6th
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle prone
Men's 50 metre rifle prone was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Christian Klees shot a perfect 600 in the qualification round and set a new World record after 104.8 points in the final...


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Bronze
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle prone
-Qualification round:DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final-Final:...


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Bronze
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8th
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10 metre air rifle 14th
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air rifle
Men's 10 metre air rifle was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic three positions competition to feature final shooting.-Qualification round:...


588

Records

Current world records held in 50 m Rifle
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...

Prone
Men

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