Wolfram Waibel Jr.

Olympic medal record
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]

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
Men	Qualification	600	Viatcheslav Botchkarev  (URS)   Stevan Pletikosić  (YUG)   Jean-Pierre Amat  (FRA)   Christian Klees  (GER)   Sergei Martynov  (BLR)   Thomas Tamas  (USA)   Sergei Martynov  (BLR)   Sergei Martynov  (BLR)   Petr Litvinchuk  (BLR)   Wolfram Waibel Jr.  (AUT)   Wolfram Waibel Jr.  (AUT)   Christian Lusch  (GER)   Eric Uptagrafft  (USA)   Valérian Sauveplane  (FRA)   Sergei Martynov  (BLR)   Sergei Martynov  (BLR)   Matthew Emmons  (USA)   Guy Starik  (ISR)   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)	edit

References

1. "Wolfram Jun WAIBEL". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
2. "Shooting sports - Wolfram WAIBEL JR". The-sports.org. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
3. "Beijing 2008WC". Scribd.com. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
4. Sylhet, Positive (August 8, 2008). "Olympic 2008: Olympic Records - Shooting". Olympic 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
5. "ÜBER Marlene Pribitzer KARRIERE & STECKBRIEF" (in Austrian German). Olympiazentrum Vorarlberg. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
6. "New ISSF 2013-2016 Rules: competitions will start from zero, and end in a duel". International Shooting Sport Federation . 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2024. and a provisional test of decimal scoring for 10m Air Rifle and 50m Prone Rifle events.

External links

• Wolfram Waibel Jr. at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• Wolfram Waibel Jr. at Olympedia
• Wolfram Waibel Jr. at Olympics.com
• Wolfram Waibel Jr. at Team Austria (in German)