Dimitris Konstantinou (sport shooter)
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Nationality | Cypriot | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Paphos, Cyprus | June 8, 1988|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Skeet | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | SKO Paphos | |||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Piero Genga | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dimitris Konstantinou (Greek: Δημήτρης Κωνσταντίνου; born 8 June 1988) is a Cypriot sport shooter. He competed in the men's skeet event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career[]
Konstantinou won a silver medal at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships in the skeet team event.[2] A few months later he won another skeet team medal, with Cyprus taking bronze at the 2019 European Shotgun Championships.[3] He also reached the final shoot-off in the individual event, finishing in sixth place and securing his spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4][5] First-place finisher Jakub Tomeček had already qualified for Tokyo, and three other shooters ahead of Konstantinou came from countries who had already filled their quota places, meaning he and third-place finisher Nikolaos Mavrommatis received them instead.[5]
The 2020 Summer Olympics were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which Konstantinou placed second at the 2020 Paphos Skeet Cup.[6] He also achieved an eighth-place finish at the second stage of the 2021 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi,[7] his best-ever result at a World Cup competition.[2] In Tokyo, Konstantinou placed 12th in the men's skeet event with a score of 121, failing to qualify for the final in his Olympic debut.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Shooting - Qualification - Day 1 Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Dimitris Konstantinou". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "2019 European Shotgun Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Shooting Confederation. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Πάει Ολυμπιακούς ο Δημήτρης Κωνσταντίνου, έκαναν το… θαύμα τους τα «μωρά» του σκητ!". Politis (in Greek). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Excellent day of Skeet shooting in the ECH!". European Shooting Confederation. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Nicolaou, Kyriacos (21 July 2020). "Achilleos and Andreou win Paphos Skeet Cup". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Όγδοος στο Νέο Δελχί ο Δημήτρης Κωνσταντίνου". SigmaLive (in Greek). 22 March 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Nicolaou, Kyriacos (26 July 2020). "Cyprus shooters perform well but miss out on Tokyo finals". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
External links[]
- Dimitris Konstantinou at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Dimitris Konstantinou at Olympedia
- Living people
- 1988 births
- Cypriot male sport shooters
- Skeet shooters
- Olympic shooters of Cyprus
- Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- People from Paphos