Wang Yifu
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| Native name | 王义夫 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 4, 1960 People’s Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wang Yifu (
10 metre air pistol
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Wang won his first Olympic medal in the Los Angeles games at the age of 23. After this, the Air Pistol event was added to the program, and this is where he has achieved his greatest accomplishments. He won the 1992 gold medal only days after a new medal in the 50 m event. His three attempts to repeat the victory have provided impressive results and very tight duels:
- In 1996, Wang had a two-point pre-final lead over Atlantathat day.
- In 2000, both Wang and Franck Dumoulin (France) scored 590 points and tied for a new Olympic record. Wang lost by two points in the final.
- In the Mikhail Nestruev (Russia) who achieved 591. However, the Chinese managed to erase the small gap and eventually won by a margin of 0.2 points to get his second Olympic gold.
Also in the ISSF World Shooting Championships, Wang has won both 50 m Pistol (in 1994) and 10 m Air Pistol (in 1998).
Wang Yifu is married to sport shooter Zhang Qiuping.[2]
See also
References
- ^ [1] - China Daily
- ^ Tang, Yuankai (2008-04-24). "A Veteran Shooter's New Target". Retrieved 2019-11-25.
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