Grigory Kosykh
Soviet sport shooter
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Born | (1934-02-09)9 February 1934 Oral, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Died | 23 February 2012(2012-02-23) (aged 78) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||
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Grigory Kosykh (Russian: Григорий Георгиевич Косых; 9 February 1934 – 23 February 2012) was a Soviet sports shooter and Olympic medalist.[1] Kosykh was born in Oral, Kazakhstan, then part of the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre pistol at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[2]
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Olympic champions in men's 50 metre pistol
- 1896: Sumner Paine1 (USA)
- 1900: Karl Röderer (SUI)
- 1908: Paul Van Asbroeck2 (BEL)
- 1912: Alfred Lane (USA)
- 1920: Karl Frederick (USA)
- 1936: Torsten Ullman (SWE)
- 1948: Edwin Vásquez (PER)
- 1952: Huelet Benner (USA)
- 1956: Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)
- 1960: Aleksey Gushchin (URS)
- 1964: Väinö Markkanen (FIN)
- 1968: Grigory Kosykh (URS)
- 1972: Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)
- 1976: Uwe Potteck (GDR)
- 1980: Alexander Melentyev (URS)
- 1984: Xu Haifeng (CHN)
- 1988: Sorin Babii (ROM)
- 1992: Kanstantsin Lukashyk (EUN)
- 1996: Boris Kokorev (RUS)
- 2000: Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL)
- 2004: Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS)
- 2008: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
- 2012: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
- 2016: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
1 In 1896, the competition distance of the event was 30 metres.
2 In 1908, the competition distance of the event was 50 yards.
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