Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's shooting | ||
Representing Austria | ||
1996 Atlanta | 10 m air rifle | |
1996 Atlanta | 50 m rifle 3 positions |
Wolfram Waibel Jr. (born 22 February 1970) is an Austrian sport shooter. [1] [2]
He was born in Hohenems, Austria. [1] His father was Wolfram Waibel Sr., who competed at five Olympic Games as a rifle shooter. Wolfram Jr. competed for Austria and won both a silver medal and a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1] He shared the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition. [1] [3] [4]
After retirement, he became National Coach. [5]
Weibel was a joint World Record holder in the 50m Prone Rifle event with a perfect score of 600. In 2013 the format changed from integer scoring to decimal, resetting the records. [6]
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and a provisional test of decimal scoring for 10m Air Rifle and 50m Prone Rifle events.