Afanasijs Kuzmins
Personal information
Born (1947-03-22) 22 March 1947
Biķernieki Parish, Latvia
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg)
Sport
Country Latvia
SportSports shooting
Coached byAleksandrs Lescinskis
Medal record
Men's shooting
Olympic Games
Representing  Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 25 m rapid fire pistol
Representing  Latvia
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 25 m rapid fire pistol

Afanasijs Kuzmins (born 22 March 1947) is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol. Kuzmins trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga.

He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, by receiving wild card, competed also in the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the age of 61 Kuzmins finished 13th overall in his eighth Olympic appearance.[1] No other shooter has appeared at eight Olympics; four have appeared at seven Olympics.

Aged 65, he competed at his ninth Olympic Games at the 2012 Summer Olympics finishing 17th.

Olympic results

Event 1976
Montreal		 1980
Moscow		 1988
Seoul		 1992
Barcelona		 1996
Atlanta		 2000
Sydney		 2004
Athens		 2008
Beijing		 2012
London
25 metre rapid fire pistol 4th
595		 6th
595		 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
598+100		 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
590+195+97		 10th
585		 8th
585		 14th
574		 13th
565		 17th
569
10 metre air pistol - - - - 29th
574		 - - - -

World records

Current world records held in 25 m Center-Fire Pistol
Men (ISSF) Teams 1762  Soviet Union (Ignatiuk, Kuzmins, Pyzhianov) August 15, 1990 Moscow (URS)
Current world records held in 25 m Standard Pistol
Men Teams 1725  Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Melentyev, Turla)
 Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Basinski, Pyzhianov)		 September 10, 1985
September 8, 1986		 Osijek (YUG)
Suhl (GDR)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Final Results: Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Final". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.


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