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Full name | Gregory Thomas Yelavich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1957-03-08) 8 March 1957 (age 67) Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gregory Thomas Yelavich MBE (born 8 March 1957) is a New Zealand pistol shooter. As well as winning numerous national pistol titles, Yelavich has the distinction of having won more Commonwealth Games medals than any other New Zealander (12). [2] He was the New Zealand flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He has represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games — Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992.
In 1990, Yelavich was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. [3] In the 1995 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to sport. [4]
Yelavich competes in International Shooting Sport Federation ISSF pistol shooting events.
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Event | 1988 | 1992 |
50 metre pistol | 41st 535 | 37th 543 |
10 metre air pistol | — | 22nd 575 |
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