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Stevan Pletikosić

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Stevan Pletikosić
Personal information
Born14 March 1972 (1972-03-14) (age 52)
Kragujevac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Sport
Country Yugoslavia (1989–1991)
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992–1994)
 Serbia and Montenegro (1995–2006)
 Serbia (2006–)
Medal record
Men's shooting
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 50 m rifle prone
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1994 Italy 50 m rifle prone
Silver medal – second place 2006 Zagreb 50 m rifle TP
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Osijek 50m Rifle prone team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Zürich 50 m rifle prone
Silver medal – second place 2017 Maribor Rifle team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería 50 m rifle prone
Silver medal – second place 1997 Bari 50 m rifle prone

Stevan Pletikosić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Плетикосић; born 14 March 1972 in Kragujevac, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a sport shooter from Serbia. While still a junior, he won a bronze medal in Men's 50 m Rifle Prone in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] The year before, at the 1991 ISSF World Cup in the same event, he had become the only junior ever to achieve the maximum score of 600 in a world-class competition.

Pletikosić started competing in 1982, when he was 10 years old. He won a first medal at the European Championships winning a silver at the 1989 European Shooting Championships in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia. During his career, he won another European silver medal and was European champion twice. His first international medal was won at the 1994 ISSF World Shooting Championships, which was also a silver medal. Yugoslav Olympic Committee proclaimed him sportsman of the year in 1994.[2] Pletikosić also won a silver in the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, now in the Three positions event, and he won the 2008 ISSF World Cup competition in the Prone event in Rio de Janeiro.

Results at the Olympic Games

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Event 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
50 metre rifle three positions 35th
1156
29th
1156
28th
1153
11th
1168
25th
1168
50 metre rifle prone 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
701.1 (597)
11th
595
30th
591
42nd
586
10th
594
21st
621.6
10 metre air rifle 38th
583
39th
586
7th
697.7 (595)

World records

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Current world records held in 50 metre rifle prone
Men Qualification 600  Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS)
 Stevan Pletikosić (YUG)
 Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA)
 Christian Klees (GER)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Thomas Tamas (USA)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Petr Litvinchuk (BLR)
 Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)
 Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)
 Christian Lusch (GER)
 Eric Uptagrafft (USA)
 Valérian Sauveplane (FRA)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Matthew Emmons (USA)
 Guy Starik (ISR)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
13 July 1989
29 August 1991
27 April 1994
25 July 1996
23 May 1997
28 July 1998
4 September 1998
8 June 2000
11 June 2003
18 July 2003
3 March 2004
27 October 2004
11 May 2005
11 May 2005
26 August 2005
29 March 2006
9 May 2007
18 May 2008
3 August 2012
Zagreb (YUG)
Munich (GER)
Havana (CUB)
Atlanta (USA)
Munich (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Buenos Aires (ARG)
Munich (GER)
Munich (GER)
Plzeň (CZE)
Sydney (AUS)
Bangkok (THA)
Fort Benning (USA)
Fort Benning (USA)
Munich (GER)
Guangzhou (CHN)
Bangkok (THA)
Munich (GER)
London (ENG)
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Junior Men Individual 600  Stevan Pletikosić (YUG) August 29, 1991 Munich (GER) edit

Notes

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stevan Pletikosić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Trofej OKS – Najuspešniji sportisti | Olimpijski komitet Srbije". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
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