Beat Müller

Beat Müller (born February 8, 1978 in Bern) is a Swiss sport shooter.[2] He won a bronze medal in the men's 300 m rifle prone (300FR60PR) at the 2008 European Shooting Championships in Granada, Spain, accumulating a score of 599 points. Muller is also a member of Sportschützen Taters, and is coached and trained by former Olympian Wolfram Waibel Jr. of Austria.[1]

Beat Müller
Personal information
Nationality  Switzerland
Born (1978-02-08) 8 February 1978
Bern, Switzerland[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR60)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (FR3X40)
300 m rifle prone (300FR60PR)
300 m rifle 3 positions (300FR3X40)
300 m standard rifle (300STR3X20)
ClubSportschützen Taters[1]
Coached byWolfram Waibel Jr.[1]

Muller represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he competed in the men's 50 m rifle 3 positions, along with his teammate Marcel Bürge. He was able to shoot 395 targets in a prone position, 380 in standing, and 389 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,164 points, finishing only in twenty-first place.[3]

At the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships, he won a gold medal the 300m standard rifle team event, along with teammates Marcel Bürge and Olivier Schaffter.

References

  1. "ISSF Profile – Beat Müller". ISSF. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Beat Müller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. "Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.


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