Pang Wei
Chinese sport shooter (born 1986)
Pang Wei at the Rio 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1986-07-19) 19 July 1986 (age 37) Baoding, Hebei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10 meter air pistol, 50 meter pistol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pang Wei (simplified Chinese: 庞伟; traditional Chinese: 龐偉; born 19 July 1986) is a Chinese Olympic sport shooter. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the same event, at the age of 20.
On 29 November 2009, Pang married two-time Olympic shooting champion Du Li in his hometown of Baoding, Hebei.[1]
2008 Summer Olympics
Pang won the gold medal in the men's 10 metre air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Having won China's first Olympic gold medal in shooting, he was awarded 2,000,000 renminbi (US$292,600) from Chinese sponsors.[2]
Major performances
- 2006 World Championships – 1st, 10 metre air pistol
- 2007 World Cup Final – 3rd, 10 metre air pistol
- 2007 National Intercity Games – 1st, 50 metre free pistol
- 2008 Summer Olympics – 10, metre air pistol
References
External links
- http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/4925 Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today
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Olympic champions in men's 10 metre air pistol
- 1988: Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL)
- 1992: Wang Yifu (CHN)
- 1996: Roberto Di Donna (ITA)
- 2000: Franck Dumoulin (FRA)
- 2004: Wang Yifu (CHN)
- 2008: Pang Wei (CHN)
- 2012: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
- 2016: Hoàng Xuân Vinh (VIE)
- 2020: Javad Foroughi (IRI)