Viktor Makarov

Viktor Mykhailovych Makarov (Ukrainian: Віктор Михайлович Макаров; born 26 May 1965 in Oskemen, Kazakh SSR) is a Ukrainian sport shooter.[2] He won a silver medal in free pistol shooting at the 1994 ISSF World Championships in Milan, Italy, and was selected to compete for Ukraine in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2004).[1][3] Having pursued the sport since the age of fourteen, Makarov trained as a member of the shooting team for Dynamo Odessa, under his personal coach Dmytro Lukyanov.[4] Born in his native Kazakhstan, Makarov also holds a dual citizenship to compete internationally for Ukraine in shooting.[1]

Viktor Makarov
Personal information
Full nameViktor Mykhailovych Makarov
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1965-05-26) 26 May 1965
Oskemen, Kazakh SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubDynamo Odessa[1]
Coached byDmytro Lukyanov[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
1994 Milan FP

Makarov's Olympic debut came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he wound up a twelfth spot in the 10 m air pistol with 579 points, and then shared a twentieth-place tie with four other shooters, all hailed from Eastern Europe, in the free pistol, shooting a dismal prelim score of 557.[5][6]

After missing out his 2000 Olympic bid, Makarov returned from an eight-year absence to qualify for his second Ukrainian team, as a 39-year-old, in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4] A year before the Games, he set a minimum qualifying score of 557 and then picked up a silver medal in free pistol with a total of 650.9 to grab one of the available Olympic slots for his nation at the initial meet of the ISSF World Cup series in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States.[7] In the men's 10 m air pistol, held on the first day of the Games, Makarov shot a score of 578 to finish in a three-way tie for seventeenth place with Portugal's João Costa and Italy's Francesco Bruno.[8][9] Three days later, Makarov improved from his disappointing feat in the air pistol to fire 557 points for a remarkable tenth-place finish in the men's 50 m pistol, but his shots were not highly enough to put him through the final round, missing out by a two-point shortfall.[10][11]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Viktor Makarov". ISSF. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viktor Makarov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. Sadovnik, Olena (15 January 2004). "Приціл на Олімпіаду?" [Sight for the Olympics] (in Ukrainian). Postup. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. "ГОСТРОСЮЖЕТНІ ОБЛАСНІ ДЕРБІ" [Regional shooting derby] (in Ukrainian). Izvestia. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. "Atlanta 1996: Shooting – Men's 10m Air Pistol" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 117. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. "Atlanta 1996: Shooting – Men's 50m Pistol" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 116. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  7. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  9. "'Золота рибка' принесла перше 'золото' Україні" ["Goldfish" brings home the gold for Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  10. "Shooting: Men's 50m Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  11. "'Золота рибка' двічі 'золота'" ["Goldfish" strikes a double gold] (in Ukrainian). National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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