Thomas Farnik

Thomas Farnik, born 6 January 1967 in Vienna, is an Austrian rifle shooter.

He was twelve years old when his father introduced him to shooting. He started with a rifle, and his father remained involved with his early training.^[1]

He competed at six consecutive Olympics from 1992 to 2012. His best position was fifth in the Three Positions at the 2008 Olympics, when he was 2.8 points behind the bronze medal score of 1271.7. He also came sixth in the 10m Air Rifle at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 50m Three Positions at the 2004 Athens Olympics.^[2]

He won gold in the 10m Air Rifle at the 2006 ISSF World Cup,^[3] setting a world record of 703.1 at the finals in Granada that survived till 2008 (when it was broken by Gagan Narang). He was part of the Austrian team that won bronze in the 10m Air Rifle^[4] and silver in the 300m Three Positions^[5] at the 2006 World Championships in Zagreb.

He won gold in the 300 metre standard rifle at the 2006 World Championships. He set the current team world record in that event in September 2008 with Florian Kammerlander and Michal Podolak.

At the European Shooting Championships, he won bronze in the 300m Standard Rifle in 2005,^[6] silver in the 300m Standard Rifle in 2007, and silver in the 50m Three Positions in 2009.^[7] He was part of the Austrian team 10m Air Rifle teams that won gold in 2005 and 2007, silver in 2006 and bronze in 2000 and 2009.^[8] He was also part of the 50m Three Positions teams that won gold in 2003 and 2007 and silver in 2009.^[9] He was part of the team that won bronze in the 300m Three Positions in 2009.^[10]

He is a soldier in the Austrian army. At the World Military Shooting Championship, he came second in the 300m Standard Rifle Three Position in 2005^[11] and third in the same event in 2007.^[12] He came fourth in the rapid fire rifle event in 2001.^[13]

Farnik was hired as a technical trainer by the Indian Army Marksmanship Unit for their shooters to compete at international meets.^[14]

He is a jogger and mountain biker, and sometimes plays tennis and football.^[1]

Olympic results

Event	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012
50 metre rifle three positions	14th 1160	13th 1164	12th 1162	6th 1165+96.4	5th 1171+97.9	12th 1167
10 metre air rifle	6th 382+96.5	—	18th 588	12th 593	10th 594	28th 591
10 metre air pistol	42th 589	44th 585	27th 592	—	—	—

Records

Current world records held in 50 metre rifle three positions
Men's	Teams	3549	Norway (Claussen, Larsen, Hegg)	May 29, 2021	Osijek (CRO)	edit
Current world records held in 300 metre standard rifle
Men's (CISM)	Teams	1752	Norway (Lund, Brekne, Bryhn)	31 May 2018	Thun (SUI)	edit

References

^ ^a ^b "Interview with Thomas Farnik".
^ Thomas Farnik at Sports Reference
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2010-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://sports123.com/sho/results/mw-10art-2006.html ^{[dead link]}
^ http://sports123.com/sho/mw-300r3pt.html ^{[dead link]}
^ http://sports123.com/sho/me-300sr.html ^{[dead link]}
^ http://sports123.com/sho/me-50r3p.html ^{[dead link]}
^ "Sports 123: Shooting: European Championships: Men: 10 m Air Rifle Teams". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
^ http://sports123.com/sho/me-50r3pt.html ^{[dead link]}
^ http://sports123.com/sho/me-300srt.html ^{[dead link]}
^ "CMP - First Shot Online!".
^ "The Hindu : Sport : Indian marksmen shoot silver". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Bindra's mental trainer to work on Army shooters - Times of India". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[interview-1] "Interview with Thomas Farnik".

[2] Thomas Farnik at Sports Reference

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2010-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] ttp://sports123.com/sho/results/mw-10art-2006.html ^{[dead link]}

[5] ttp://sports123.com/sho/mw-300r3pt.html ^{[dead link]}

[6] ttp://sports123.com/sho/me-300sr.html ^{[dead link]}

[7] ttp://sports123.com/sho/me-50r3p.html ^{[dead link]}

[8] "Sports 123: Shooting: European Championships: Men: 10 m Air Rifle Teams". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-03-31.

[9] ttp://sports123.com/sho/me-50r3pt.html ^{[dead link]}

[10] ttp://sports123.com/sho/me-300srt.html ^{[dead link]}

[11] "CMP - First Shot Online!".

[12] "The Hindu : Sport : Indian marksmen shoot silver". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[13] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[14] "Bindra's mental trainer to work on Army shooters - Times of India". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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