Hoàng Xuân Vinh

Hoàng Xuân Vinh

Xuân Vinh with Vietnam's first Olympic gold medal in 2016.
Personal information
Nationality	Vietnam
Born	6 October 1974 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)
Coached by	Park Chung Gun Nguyễn Thị Nhung
Medal record Representing  Vietnam Men's Shooting Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air pistol 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m pistol ISSF World Cup 2013 Changwon 10 m air pistol 2014 Fort Benning 10 m air pistol 2015 Munich 50 m pistol 2015 Changwon 50 m pistol 2015 Fort Benning 50 m pistol 2016 Bangkok 10 m air pistol 2016 Munich 10 m air pistol Asian Games 2006 Doha 10 m air pistol team 2014 Incheon 50 m pistol team Asian Championships 2012 Nanchang 10 m air pistol 2012 Doha 25 m center fire pistol team 2012 Doha 25 m center fire pistol 2012 Doha 10 m air pistol 2012 Nanchang 10 m air pistol team Southeast Asian Games 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 25 m cantre fire pistol 2011 Palembang 10 mair pistol 2011 Palembang 25 m center fire pistol 2013 Naypyidaw 10 m air pistol 2013 Naypyidaw 10 m air pistol team 2013 Naypyidaw 50 m free pistol team 2015 Singapore 10 m air pistol team 2015 Singapore 50 m pistol 2011 Palembang 50 m free pistol 2015 Singapore 50 m free pistol team 2005 Manila 10 m air pistol 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 10 m standard pistol 2015 Singapore 10 m air pistol

Hoàng Xuân Vinh (born October 6, 1974 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese sports shooter who competes in the men's ISSF shooting events.

He participated in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, winning in the latter a gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol and a silver in the 50 meter pistol competitions, being the first-ever from his country to win an Olympic gold medal.

Career

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

1. "10m air pistol 60 shots men". olympic.org. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
2. "Hoàng Xuân Vinh giành vé dự Olympic cho bắn súng Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). dantri.com.vn. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
3. "Vietnamese Colonel breaks world record at National Games". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
4. "Rio 2016: Vietnamese Hoang Xuan Vinh wins silver for shooting". thanhniennews.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

External links

• Hoàng Xuân Vinh at the International Shooting Sport Federation