Vyacheslav Skoromnov
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| Full name | Vyacheslav Skoromnov | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Uzbekistan Qatar | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
2 March 1974 Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||
| Residence | Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) |
10 m air rifle (AR60) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (FR3X40) | |||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Aleksandr Seffarov[1] | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vyacheslav Skoromnov (Russian: Вячеслав Скоромнов; born March 2, 1974 in Andijan) is an Uzbek-born Qatari sport shooter.[2] He has been selected to compete for his native Uzbekistan in rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has achieved a total of two medals, a gold and a silver, and numerous top ten finishes in a major international competition, spanning the Asian Games (1998 to 2014), and the Asian Championships.[1][3] Currently living in Doha, Qatar since 2010, Skoromnov holds his dual citizenship to compete internationally in shooting.[3][4]
Skoromnov qualified for his native Uzbek squad in rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Having registered a minimum qualifying score of 597, he chased China's eventual Olympic champion Jia Zhanbo through a single-point lead to take the gold medal and fill in the Olympic quota place for Uzbekistan at the Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia few months earlier.[5][6] Skoromnov started off with the 10 m air rifle, where he shot a steady 592 out of a possible 600 to tie for eighteenth with three other shooters.[7] Four days later, Skoromnov came up with an ill-fated aim to get 591 points in the qualifying round of his signature event, the 50 m rifle prone, that saw him toppling down the leaderboard to a twenty-fourth in a 46-shooter field.[8] In his third and last event, the 50 m rifle 3 positions, Skoromnov marked a scintillating 394 in prone, 380 in standing, and 387 in kneeling to collect a total score of 1161 points and tie for twelfth place with two-time Olympian Timothy Lowndes of Australia and Olympic silver medalist Christian Lusch of Germany, having been close to an Olympic final by just three points.[9]
References
- 1 2 "ISSF Profile – Vyacheslav Skoromnov". ISSF. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Vyacheslav Skoromnov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Vyacheslav Skoromnov". Incheon 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ "22 Qatari shooters in Gabala World Cup". Qatar Tribune. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Узбекистан и Казахстан выясняют отношения в Алматы" [Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan held onto their ties in Almaty] (in Russian). Gazeta.kz. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Shooting: Men's 50m Rifle Prone Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Shooting: Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.