| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Germany |
| Born | 20 May 1976 Munich, West Germany |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR60) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) |
| Club | HSG München [1] |
| Coached by | Claus 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]
