Georgios Petsanis

Georgios Petsanis (Greek: Γεώργιος Πετσάνης; born April 16, 1984 in Drama) is a Greek sport shooter.[2] He was selected as one of eleven shooters to represent the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and had attained a top five finish as a junior in rifle shooting at the European Championships in Győr, Hungary on that same year.[1] Petsanis trains at the Shooting Club of Drama under his longtime coach Panagiotis Emvoliadis.[1]

Georgios Petsanis
Personal information
Full nameGeorgios Petsanis
Nationality Greece
Born (1984-04-16) 16 April 1984
Drama, Greece
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR60)
ClubShooting Club of Drama[1]
Coached byPanagiotis Emvoliadis[1]

Petsanis was named as part of the host nation's shooting team to compete in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[3] He had registered a minimum qualifying score of 592 from his fifth-place feat at the European Championships to fill in one of the Olympic berths reserved to the host nation, after the Hellenic Shooting Federation decided to exchange spots in his pet event with the unused quotas from the men's air and rapid fire pistol.[1][4] Amassing a mighty roar from the crowd, Petsanis shot a marvelous 593 out of a possible 600 to tie for twelfth place with five other marksmen in the qualifying round, but fell short to reach the Olympic final by just a single point.[5][6]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Georgios Petsanis". ISSF. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. "Georgios Petsanis". 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  3. Kostas, Sotirios (28 April 2002). "Το ολυμπιακό βάθρο σημαδεύουν οι σκοπευτές" [Shooters aimed for the Olympic podium] (in Greek). To Vima. Retrieved 15 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 Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. "Από τις καταδύσεις το πρώτο χρυσό ελληνικό μετάλλιο" [Greeks win their first diving medal] (in Greek). Chios News. 17 August 2004. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.


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