Hoàng Xuân Vinh
![]() Xuân Vinh with Vietnam's first Olympic gold medal in 2016. | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | (1974-10-06) 6 October 1974 (age 49) Sơn Tây, Hanoi, Vietnam |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Shooting |
Event(s) | 10 meter air pistol (AP60) 50 meter pistol (FP) |
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Medal record |
Hoàng Xuân Vinh (born October 6, 1974 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese sport shooter.
Xuân Vinh participated in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol and a silver in the 50 meter pistol competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first-ever and currently only athlete from Vietnam to win an Olympic gold medal.
Career
Vinh's professional career in sports shooting spans two Summer Olympic games.
2012 Summer Olympics
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Vinh finished 9th in the qualifying round for 10 meter air pistol, unable to make the final by a point.[1] In the 50 meter pistol final he took the 4th place with a score of only 0.1 less than the winner of the bronze medal.[2]
2016 Summer Olympics
In 2016, Vinh became the first Vietnamese Olympic gold medalist after beating Felipe Wu of host nation Brazil in the final round of the 10 meter air pistol competition with a score of 202.5 against the Brazilian's 202.1, an Olympic record after ISSF rules' change on January 1, 2013.[3] He also won the silver medal in the 50 meter pistol competition, making him the first Vietnamese athlete to earn two Olympic medals.[4]
References
- ^ "10m air pistol 60 shots men". olympic.org. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Hoàng Xuân Vinh giành vé dự Olympic cho bắn súng Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). dantri.com.vn. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Vietnamese Colonel breaks world record at National Games". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Vietnamese Hoang Xuan Vinh wins silver for shooting". thanhniennews.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
External links
- Hoang Xuan Vinh at ISSF
- Hoang Xuan Vinh at Olympedia
- Hoàng Xuân Vinh at the International Shooting Sport Federation