Attila Simon (sport shooter)

Attila Simon (born 1 June 1970 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sport shooter.[2] He has competed for Hungary in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained a top seven finish in a major international competition, spanning the 2003 European Championships.[1] Simon also trains under head coach Mihály Tesánszky for ten years as a member of the Hungarian shooting team at Budapest Honvéd SE.[1]

Attila Simon
Personal information
Full nameAttila Simon
Nationality Hungary
Born (1970-06-01) 1 June 1970
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubBudapest Honvéd SE[1]
Coached byMihály Tesánszky[1]
The native form of this personal name is Simon Attila. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Simon qualified for the Hungarian squad in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 555 to gain an Olympic quota place for Hungary in the free pistol, following his outstanding seventh-place finish at the European Championships in Plzen, Czech Republic one year earlier.[1][3][4] Simon got off to a shaky start on the first day of the Games by placing further down at a distant forty-third in the 10 m air pistol with a total of 562, just seven points better than his entry standard.[5] Three days later, in the 50 m pistol, Simon continued his unsteady Olympic feat with a qualifying score of 536 to end up in thirty-sixth out of forty-two shooters, failing to advance to the final.[6][7]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Attila Simon". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Attila Simon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. "Világcsúcsnál jobb eredménnyel nyert Sidi a lövész ob-n" [Shooter Sidi obtained better results at the national championships] (in Hungarian). Index.hu. 11 April 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. "Shooting: Men's 50m Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. "Simon Attila szabadpisztolyban sem javított" [Attila Simon fails to reach the final] (in Hungarian). Origo.hu. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.


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