(1960-12-04) December 4, 1960 (age 63) Liaoyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing China
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona
10 m air pistol
2004 Athens
10 m air pistol
1992 Barcelona
50 m pistol
1996 Atlanta
10 m air pistol
2000 Sydney
10 m air pistol
1984 Los Angeles
50 m pistol
Wang Yifu (simplified Chinese: 王义夫; traditional Chinese: 王義夫; pinyin: Wáng Yìfū, born December 4, 1960, in Liaoyang, Liaoning[1]) is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times, and was the first shooter with six individual Olympic medals. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events. He is the only shooter to have won two gold medals in men's 10 metre air pistol.
Wang won his first Olympic medal in the Los Angeles games at the age of 23. After this, the Air Pistol event was added to the program, and this is where he has achieved his greatest accomplishments. He won the 1992 gold medal only days after a new medal in the 50 m event. His three attempts to repeat the victory have provided impressive results and very tight duels:
In 1996, Wang had a two-point pre-final lead over Roberto Di Donna (Italy), and seemed to be the clear winner until in the last shot he got only 6.5 (at a level where anything below 9.0 is considered a very bad shot), and lost the gold medal by the closest possible margin, 0.1 point. Related to this was a collapse due to medical issues coupled with the extreme heat in Atlanta that day.
In 2000, both Wang and Franck Dumoulin (France) scored 590 points and tied for a new Olympic record. Wang lost by two points in the final.
In the 2004 competition, Wang scored 590 once more, but lost the Olympic record to Mikhail Nestruev (Russia) who achieved 591. However, the Chinese managed to erase the small gap and eventually won by a margin of 0.2 points to get his second Olympic gold.
Also in the ISSF World Shooting Championships, Wang has won both 50 m Pistol (in 1994) and 10 m Air Pistol (in 1998).
Wang Yifu is married to sport shooter Zhang Qiuping.[2]
^[1] - China Daily
^Tang, Yuankai (2008-04-24). "A Veteran Shooter's New Target". Retrieved 2019-11-25.
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