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Afanasijs Kuzmins

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Afanasijs Kuzmins
Personal information
Born (1947-03-22) 22 March 1947 (age 77)
Biķernieki Parish, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg)
Sport
Country Soviet Union
 Latvia
SportSports shooting
Coached byAleksandrs Lescinskis
Medal record
Men's shooting
Olympic Games
Representing  Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 25 m rapid fire pistol
Representing  Latvia
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 25 m rapid fire pistol

Afanasijs Kuzmins (born 22 March 1947) is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol. Kuzmins trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga.

He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, by receiving wild card, competed also in the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the age of 61 Kuzmins finished 13th overall in his eighth Olympic appearance.[1] No other shooter has appeared at eight Olympics; four have appeared at seven Olympics.

Aged 65, he competed at his ninth Olympic Games at the 2012 Summer Olympics finishing 17th.

Olympic results

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Event 1976
Montreal
1980
Moscow
1988
Seoul
1992
Barcelona
1996
Atlanta
2000
Sydney
2004
Athens
2008
Beijing
2012
London
25 metre rapid fire pistol 4th
595
6th
595
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
598+100
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
590+195+97
10th
585
8th
585
14th
574
13th
565
17th
569
10 metre air pistol - - - - 29th
574
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World records

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Current world records held in 25 m Center-Fire Pistol
Men (ISSF) Teams 1762  Soviet Union (Ignatiuk, Kuzmins, Pyzhianov) August 15, 1990 Moscow (URS) edit
Current world records held in 25 m Standard Pistol
Men Teams 1725  Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Melentyev, Turla)
 Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Basinski, Pyzhianov)
September 10, 1985
September 8, 1986
Osijek (YUG)
Suhl (GDR)
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Final Results: Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Final". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
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