| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Switzerland |
| Born | 5 August 1982 Zug, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP60) 50 m pistol (FP) |
| Club | PS Brunnen [1] |
| Coached by | Krzysztof Kucharczyk [1] |
Christoph Schmid (born 5 August 1982 in Zug) is a Swiss sport shooter. [2] He won a silver medal in the men's 50 m free pistol at the 2007 ISSF World Cup series in Fort Benning, Georgia, accumulating a score of 659.7 points. [3] [1]
Schmid represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 573 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by two points behind Australia's Daniel Repacholi from the final attempt, finishing only in thirty-third place. [4] Three days later, Schmid placed fortieth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point behind Poland's Wojciech Knapik, with a total score of 542 targets. [5]
Svetlana Alekseyevna Smirnova is a Russian sport shooter. She won two medals, as a member of the Soviet Union shooting team, at the 1987 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and at the 1990 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Moscow, Russia. She also captured a total of 26 medals, and set a world record of 493 points at the ISSF World Cup.
Rebecca Nicole "Beki" Snyder is a Canadian-born American sport shooter. She is a four-time Olympian, and won a silver medal for pistol shooting at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was also a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Martin Strnad is a Czech sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the men's rapid fire pistol at the 2009 ISSF World Cup series in Munich, Germany, with a total score of 780.2 points. He won a gold medal in the men's rapid fire pistol at the 2013 ISSF World Cup series in Bangkok, Thailand.
Martin Podhráský is a Czech sport shooter and physician. He won two gold medals, and eventually set a new world record of 583 points in the men's rapid fire pistol (RFP) at the 2011 ISSF World Cup series in Sydney, Australia, and in Changwon, South Korea.
Luisa Cristina del Rosario Maida Leiva is a Salvadoran sport shooter. She won two medals, silver and bronze, for the 10 and 25 m pistol events at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nguyen Manh Tuong is a Vietnamese sport shooter. He won a bronze medal for the men's 25 m centre-fire pistol (CFP) at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, with a score of 586 points.
Edirisinghe Mudiyanselage "E. M." Senanayake is a Sri Lankan sport shooter. At age thirty-eight, Senanayake made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 561 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by two points behind Egypt's Mahmod Abdelaly, finishing only in forty-eighth place. Three days later, Senanayake placed thirty-sixth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point ahead of Czech Republic's Martin Tenk, with a total score of 545 targets.
Lee Dae-myung is a South Korean sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the men's 50 m free pistol at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany, accumulating a score of 665.2 targets. He also captured two more gold medals for air pistol shooting at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, and at the 2012 ISSF World Cup in Sydney, Australia, with scores of 685.8 and 691.3 points, respectively.
Susumu Kobayashi is a Japanese sport shooter. Kobayashi represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events, along with his teammate Tomoyuki Matsuda. He scored a total of 577 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by four points ahead of Poland's Wojciech Knapik from the final attempt, finishing only in twenty-third place. Three days later, Kobayashi placed tenth in his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, by one point behind Matsuda from the final attempt, with a total score of 558 targets.
Michiko Hasegawa-Fukushima is a Japanese sport shooter. Fukushima had won a total of nine medals for both air and sport pistol at the ISSF World Cup series. She also captured two medals in the same events at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea.
Ivan Rybovalov is a Ukrainian sport shooter.
Roman Romanovych Bondaruk is a Ukrainian sport shooter.
Stênio Akiro Yamamoto is a Brazilian sport shooter of Japanese descent. He won a silver medal in the free pistol at the 2007 ISSF World Cup series in Munich, Germany, with a score of 660.8 points.
Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida is a Brazilian sport shooter. Almeida had won a total of four medals in pistol shooting at the Pan American Games. He also captured a silver and a bronze medal in centre-fire and standard pistol at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany, with scores of 586 and 574, respectively.
María del Pilar Fernández Julián is a Spanish sport shooter. Fernandez had won a total of nine medals in both air and sport pistol at the ISSF World Cup series.
Cornelia Frölich is a Swiss sport shooter. At age forty, Frolich made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she placed seventh in the 10 m air pistol, and thirty-fourth in the 25 m pistol, accumulating scores of 481.5 and 381 points, respectively.
Sandra Kolly is a Swiss sport shooter. She won two medals, gold and bronze, in both air and sport pistol at the 2008 ISSF World Cup series in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, accumulating scores of 484.8 and 784 points, respectively. Kolly is also a member of Pistolenlub Giffers and is coached and trained by Alfons Rumons.
Vigilio Fait is an Italian sport shooter. Since 1997, Fait had won a total of ten medals for both air and free pistol at the ISSF World Cup series. He also captured a silver medal in the men's 50 m pistol at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, accumulating a score of 662.8 points. Fait is a four-time Olympian, and a member of Revereto National Shooting Club under his coach Giancarlo Tosi.
Mauro Badaracchi is an Italian sport shooter. He won two gold medals for the air pistol at the 2008 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at the 2010 ISSF World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia, accumulating scores of 684.4 and 685.9 points, respectively. Badaracchi is a member of the shooting team for Gruppo Sportivo Forestale, and is coached and trained by Vincenzo Spilotro.
Ghenadie Lisoconi is a Moldovan sport shooter. He won a silver medal in rapid fire pistol at the 1997 ISSF World Cup series in Seoul, South Korea, accumulating a score of 684.9 points.
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