| Alexander Melentyev | |
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| Birth Date: | 1954 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Penza, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Death Place: | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| Sport: | Shooting |
| Event: | 50 metre pistol, 25 metre, 10 metre |
Alexander Remmovich Melentyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ре́ммович Меле́нтьев; 27 June 1954 – 16 February 2015) was a Soviet competitive sport shooter who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. The world record he set in 1980 remained unbeaten for 34 years. He was the first Olympic gold medalist from Kyrgyzstan.
Melentyev was born in the Russian city of Penza but grew up in the Kyrgyz SSR.[1]
At the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Melentyev achieved a world record result of 581 (from 600, without final) in the 50 m pistol event in setting a new world and a new Olympic record. The world record was surpassed by Jin Jong-oh at the 2014 World Championships; with his score of 581 Melentyev remains the current Olympic record holder.
| Current Olympic record held in 50 m Pistol | ||||||||
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| Current world record held in 25 m Standard Pistol | ||||||||
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