Alexander Taransky Explained

Alexander Taransky
Birth Date:8 January 1941
Sport:Sports shooting
Event:Rapid Fire Pistol
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Alexander Taransky (8 January 1941  - 8 December 2017)[1] was an Australian sports shooter. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2] [3] [4] He was also selected for the Australian Pistol Shooting Team for the 1980 Summer Olympics however the Australian Shooting Team joined the boycott of the Moscow Olympics.[5] He competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane where he won two gold medals for pistol shooting.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vale Alex Taransky . 17 December 2017 . Pistol Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051619/https://pistol.org.au/news/vale-alex-taransky . 22 December 2017 . dead .
  2. Alexander Taransky . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102520/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/alexander-taransky-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 25 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Athlete Alexander Taransky . 17 December 2017. Australian Olympic Committee.
  4. Web site: Olympian Search . 17 December 2017. Australian Olympic Committee.
  5. Web site: Malcolm Fraser: Bitter memories of push to boycott 1980 Olympics . 17 December 2017. The Australian.

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