Hoàng Xuân Vinh

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In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Hoàng, but is often simplified to Hoang in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Vinh (simply) or Xuân Vinh (politely).
Hoàng Xuân Vinh
50 meter pistol
(FP)
Coached by Park Chung Gun
Nguyễn Thị Nhung
Medal record
Representing  Vietnam
Men's shooting
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m pistol
ISSF World Cup
Gold medal – first place
2013 Changwon
10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2014 Fort Benning 10 m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2015 Munich 50 m pistol
Silver medal – second place 2017 New Delhi 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Changwon 50 m pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Fort Benning 50 m pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bangkok 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Munich 10 m air pistol
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 10 m air pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 50 m pistol team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place
2012 Nanchang
 10 m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2012 Doha 25 m center fire pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kuwait City Men's 10 m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Doha 25 m center fire pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Doha 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place
2012 Nanchang
 10 m air pistol team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place
2007 Nakhon Ratchasima
 25 m cantre fire pistol
Gold medal – first place
2011 Palembang
 10 mair pistol
Gold medal – first place
2011 Palembang
 25 m center fire pistol
Gold medal – first place
2013 Naypyidaw
10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place
2013 Naypyidaw
10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place
2013 Naypyidaw
50 m free pistol team
Gold medal – first place
2015 Singapore
 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place
2015 Singapore
 50 m pistol
Silver medal – second place
2011 Palembang
 50 m free pistol
Silver medal – second place
2015 Singapore
 50 m free pistol team
Bronze medal – third place
2005 Manila
 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place
2007 Nakhon Ratchasima
 10 m standard pistol
Bronze medal – third place
2015 Singapore
 10 m air pistol

Hoàng Xuân Vinh (born October 6, 1974 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese sport shooter.

Xuân Vinh participated in the

50 meter pistol competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first-ever and currently only athlete from Vietnam to win an Olympic gold medal
.

Career

Xuân Vinh's professional career in sports shooting spans two Summer Olympic games.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 9th in the qualifying round for 10 meter air pistol, unable to make the final by a point.[1] In the 50 meter pistol final he took the 4th place with a score of only 0.1 less than the winner of the bronze medal.[2]

2016 Summer Olympics

In 2016, he became the first Vietnamese athlete to win a gold medal in the history of the Summer Olympics, beating Brazil's Felipe Wu in the final round of the 10 meter air pistol competition with a score of 202.5 against 202.1 of the Brazilian, which also set an Olympic record after ISSF rules' change on January 1, 2013.[3] He also won the silver medal in the 50 meter pistol competition, making him the first Vietnamese athlete to earn two Olympic medals.[4]

References

  1. ^ "10m air pistol 60 shots men". olympic.org. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Hoàng Xuân Vinh giành vé dự Olympic cho bắn súng Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). dantri.com.vn. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Vietnamese Colonel breaks world record at National Games". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016: Vietnamese Hoang Xuan Vinh wins silver for shooting". thanhniennews.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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