Hans-Jörg Meyer Explained

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Hans-Jörg Meyer
Birth Date:10 April 1964
Birth Place:Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony,
West Germany
Weight:760NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
Club:Schützenbund Broistedt
Coach:Philip Bernhard
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Hans-Jörg Meyer (born April 10, 1964 in Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony) is a German sport shooter.[1] He won a silver medal in the men's 50 m free pistol at the 2009 European Shooting Championships in Osijek, Croatia, accumulating a score of 653.8 targets.[2] [3]

At age forty-four, Meyer made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events, along with his teammate Florian Schmidt. He scored a total of 577 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point ahead of Belarus' Yury Dauhapolau from the final attempt, finishing only in twenty-first place.[4] Three days later, Meyer placed thirteenth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by two points ahead of U.S. shooter Daryl Szarenski, with a total score of 557 targets.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Hans-Jörg Meyer. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224203/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/hans-jorg-meyer-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 27 January 2013.
  2. News: Europameisterschaften: Silber für Hans-Jörg Meyer im Windroulette von Osijek. European Championships: Silver for Hans-Jörg Meyer in Osijek despite strong winds. German. German Shooting and Archery Federation. 18 July 2009. 27 January 2013.
  3. Web site: ISSF Profile – Hans-Jörg Meyer. ISSF. 27 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification. NBC Olympics. 27 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103223155/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM203901/index.html. 3 January 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: Men's 50m Pistol Qualification. NBC Olympics. 27 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120816054005/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM201901/index.html. 16 August 2012. dead.