Wolfram Waibel Jr.

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Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 10 m air rifle
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Wolfram Waibel Jr. (born 22 February 1970) is an Austrian sport shooter. [1] [2]

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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]

Current world record in 50 m rifle prone

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]

Current world records held in 50 m Rifle Prone
MenQualification600Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viatcheslav Botchkarev  (URS)
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Stevan Pletikosić  (YUG)
Flag of France.svg  Jean-Pierre Amat  (FRA)
Flag of Germany.svg  Christian Klees  (GER)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Sergei Martynov  (BLR)
Flag of the United States.svg  Thomas Tamas  (USA)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Sergei Martynov  (BLR)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Sergei Martynov  (BLR)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Petr Litvinchuk  (BLR)
Flag of Austria.svg  Wolfram Waibel Jr.  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Wolfram Waibel Jr.  (AUT)
Flag of Germany.svg  Christian Lusch  (GER)
Flag of the United States.svg  Eric Uptagrafft  (USA)
Flag of France.svg  Valérian Sauveplane  (FRA)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Sergei Martynov  (BLR)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Sergei Martynov  (BLR)
Flag of the United States.svg  Matthew Emmons  (USA)
Flag of Israel.svg  Guy Starik  (ISR)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Sergei Martynov  (BLR)
13 July 1989
29 August 1991
27 April 1994
25 July 1996
23 May 1997
28 July 1998
4 September 1998
8 June 2000
11 June 2003
18 July 2003
3 March 2004
27 October 2004
11 May 2005
11 May 2005
26 August 2005
29 March 2006
9 May 2007
18 May 2008
3 August 2012
Zagreb (YUG)
Munich (GER)
Havana (CUB)
Atlanta (USA)
Munich (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Buenos Aires (ARG)
Munich (GER)
Munich (GER)
Plzeň (CZE)
Sydney (AUS)
Bangkok (THA)
Fort Benning (USA)
Fort Benning (USA)
Munich (GER)
Guangzhou (CHN)
Bangkok (THA)
Munich (GER)
London (ENG)
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