Vyacheslav Skoromnov
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| Full name | Vyacheslav Skoromnov | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Uzbekistan Qatar | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1974 Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR60) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (FR3X40) | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Aleksandr Seffarov[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vyacheslav Skoromnov (Russian: Вячеслав Скоромнов; born 2 March 1974 in Andijan) is an Uzbek-born Qatari sport shooter.[2] He has been selected to compete for his native Uzbekistan in rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has achieved a total of two medals, a gold and a silver, and numerous top ten finishes in a major international competition, spanning the Asian Games (1998 to 2014), and the Asian Championships.[1][3] Currently living in Doha, Qatar since 2010, Skoromnov holds his dual citizenship to compete internationally in shooting.[3][4]
Skoromnov qualified for his native Uzbek squad in rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Having registered a minimum qualifying score of 597, he chased China's eventual Olympic champion Jia Zhanbo through a single-point lead to take the gold medal and fill in the Olympic quota place for Uzbekistan at the Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia few months earlier.[5][6] Skoromnov started off with the 10 m air rifle, where he shot a steady 592 out of a possible 600 to tie for eighteenth with three other shooters.[7] Four days later, Skoromnov came up with an ill-fated aim to get 591 points in the qualifying round of his signature event, the 50 m rifle prone, that saw him toppling down the leaderboard to a twenty-fourth in a 46-shooter field.[8] In his third and last event, the 50 m rifle 3 positions, Skoromnov marked a scintillating 394 in prone, 380 in standing, and 387 in kneeling to collect a total score of 1161 points and tie for twelfth place with two-time Olympian Timothy Lowndes of Australia and Olympic silver medalist Christian Lusch of Germany, having been close to an Olympic final by just three points.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ISSF Profile – Vyacheslav Skoromnov". ISSF. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vyacheslav Skoromnov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Vyacheslav Skoromnov". Incheon 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "22 Qatari shooters in Gabala World Cup". Qatar Tribune. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Узбекистан и Казахстан выясняют отношения в Алматы" [Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan held onto their ties in Almaty] (in Russian). Gazeta.kz. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's 50m Rifle Prone Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- 1974 births
- Living people
- Uzbekistani male sport shooters
- Qatari male sport shooters
- Olympic shooters for Uzbekistan
- Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games
- People from Andijan
- Sportspeople from Doha
- Uzbekistani emigrants to Qatar
- Asian Games competitors for Qatar