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Sergei Kruglov | |
Fullname: | Sergey Andreyevich Kruglov |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1985 |
Birth Place: | Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR |
Weight: | 720NaN0 |
Sport: | Shooting |
Event: | 10 m air rifle (AR40) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) |
Club: | CSA Pomoriye |
Coach: | Oleg Seleznev |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Sergey Andreyevich Kruglov (also Sergei Kruglov, Russian: Серге́й Андреевич Круглов; born 27 March 1985 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian sport shooter.[1] In 2010, Kruglov had won a gold medal for the 10 m air rifle at the European Shooting Championships in Meråker, Norway, and eventually captured the bronze at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States.[2] He is also a member of CSA Pomoriye and is coached and trained by Oleg Seleznev.[3]
Kruglov represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 10 m air rifle, along with his teammate Konstantin Prikhodtchenko. He finished only in eighth place by seven tenths of a point (0.7) behind Serbia's Stevan Pletikosić, for a total score of 697 targets (595 in the preliminary rounds and 102 in the final).[4] [5]
In 2013 Sergey started working for the Russian National Team, doubling his efforts as a competitive shooter.[6]