Michael Winter (sport shooter)

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Michael Winter
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (1976-05-20) 20 May 1976 (age 45)
Munich, West Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR60)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
ClubHSG München [1]
Coached byClaus 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]

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References

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