Afanasijs Kuzmins | |
Birth Date: | 22 March 1947 |
Birth Place: | Biķernieki Parish, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
Weight: | 196lb |
Country: | Latvia |
Sport: | Sports shooting |
Coach: | Aleksandrs Lescinskis |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Afanasijs Kuzmins (born 22 March 1947) is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol. Kuzmins trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga.
He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, by receiving wild card, competed also in the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the age of 61 Kuzmins finished 13th overall in his eighth Olympic appearance.[1] No other shooter has appeared at eight Olympics; four have appeared at seven Olympics.
Aged 65, he competed at his ninth Olympic Games at the 2012 Summer Olympics finishing 17th.
Event | 1976 | 1980 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | |
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25 metre rapid fire pistol | 4th 595 | 6th 595 | Gold 598+100 | Silver 590+195+97 | 10th 585 | 8th 585 | 14th 574 | 13th 565 | 17th 569 | |
10 metre air pistol | - | - | - | - | 29th 574 | - | - | - | - |
Current world records held in 25 m Center-Fire Pistol | ||||||||
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Current world records held in 25 m Standard Pistol | ||||||||
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