Michael Winter (sport shooter)

Michael Winter
Personal information
Nationality  Germany
Born (1976-05-20) 20 May 1976
Munich, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 10 m air rifle (AR60)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
Club HSG München[1]
Coached by Claus Dieter Roth[1]

Michael Winter (born May 20, 1976 in Munich) is a German sport shooter.[2][1] Winter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events.

In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Winter was able to hit a total of 588 points within six attempts, finishing thirty-sixth in the qualifying rounds.[3] Few days later, he placed thirty-first in the 50 m rifle prone, by one target ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Bürge from the final attempt, with a total score of 590 points.[4] In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Winter was able to shoot 396 targets in a prone position, and 385 each in standing and in kneeling, for a total score of 1,166 points, finishing only in seventeenth place.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ISSF Profile – Michael Winter". ISSF. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Michael Winter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
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