Hoàng Xuân Vinh
![]() Xuân Vinh with Vietnam's first Olympic gold medal in 2016. | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Sơn Tây, Hanoi, Vietnam | 6 October 1974
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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Hoàng Xuân Vinh (born October 6, 1974 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese sports shooter.
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 in 2016 Summer Olympics, being the first-ever and currently only athlete from his country to win an Olympic gold medal.
Career[]
Vinh's professional career in sports shooting spans 2 Summer Olympic games.
2012 Summer Olympics[]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 9th in the qualifying round for 10 meter air pistol, failing to make the cut to the final by a single point.[1] He also failed to win a medal in the 50 meter pistol final, taking the 4th place with a score only 0.1 less than the winner of the bronze medal.[2]
2016 Summer Olympics[]
In 2016, he became the first Vietnamese athlete to win a gold medal in the history of the Summer Olympics, beating Brazil's Felipe Wu in the final round of the 10 meter air pistol competition with a score of 202.5 against 202.1 of the Brazilian, which also set 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.
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- Vietnamese male sport shooters
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Olympic shooters of Vietnam
- Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in shooting
- Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Vietnam
- Olympic gold medalists for Vietnam
- Olympic silver medalists for Vietnam
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Sportspeople from Hanoi
- Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Vietnam
- Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Vietnam
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Vietnam
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in shooting
- Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games