Christoph Schmid

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Christoph Schmid
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Born (1982-08-05) 5 August 1982 (age 40)
Zug, Switzerland
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubPS Brunnen [1]
Coached byKrzysztof 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]

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Career

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]

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References

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