Pang Wei

Pang Wei

Pang Wei at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	China
Born	(1986-07-19) 19 July 1986 Baoding, Hebei
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10 meter air pistol, 50 meter pistol
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 10 m air pistol 2020 Tokyo 10 m air pistol mixed team 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air pistol 2020 Tokyo 10 m air pistol World Championships 2006 10 m air pistol ISSF World Cup Final 2009 10 m air pistol 2007 10 m air pistol

In this Chinese name, the family name is Pang.

Pang Wei (simplified Chinese: 庞伟; traditional Chinese: 龐偉; born 19 July 1986) is a Chinese Olympic sport shooter. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the same event, at the age of 20.

On 29 November 2009, Pang married two-time Olympic shooting champion Du Li in his hometown of Baoding, Hebei.

2008 Summer Olympics

Pang won the gold medal in the men's 10 metre air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Having won China's first Olympic gold medal in shooting, he was awarded 2,000,000 renminbi (US$292,600) from Chinese sponsors.

Major performances

• 2006 World Championships – 1st, 10 metre air pistol
• 2007 World Cup Final – 3rd, 10 metre air pistol
• 2007 National Intercity Games – 1st, 50 metre free pistol
• 2008 Summer Olympics – 10, metre air pistol

External links

• http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/4925 Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today