Martin Strnad

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Martin Strnad
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Born (1974-08-01) 1 August 1974 (age 49)
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event25 m rapid fire pistol (RFP)
ClubŠKP Rapid Plzeň [1] [2]
Coached byBratislav Putna [1] [2]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 25 m rapid fire pistol team

Martin Strnad (born August 1, 1974 in Brno [3] [4] ) is a Czech sport shooter. [5] [1] 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. [2] [6] He won a gold medal in the men's rapid fire pistol at the 2013 ISSF World Cup series in Bangkok, Thailand. [7]

Strnad represented the Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, along with his teammate Martin Podhráský. He placed sixteenth out of nineteen shooters in the qualifying rounds of the event, with a total score of 562 points (267 on the first stage, and 295 on the second). [8] [9]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Strnad improved his performance from the previous games by hitting a total of 580 targets (287 on the first stage and 293 on the second) in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, finishing only in ninth place by two points behind Russia's Leonid Ekimov. [10]

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