Sergei Alifirenko

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Olympic medal record
Men's shooting
Competitor for Flag of Russia Russia
Gold 2000 Sydney 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
Bronze 2004 Athens 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol

Sergei Alifirenko (born January 21, 1959) is a Russian pistol shooter, originally from Armenia, specializing in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event. His greatest accomplishment is the gold medal from the 2000 Olympics. Since the rules for the event changed on January 1, 2005, Alifirenko has been most successful in his adaptation to them. He won both the European Championships and the World Cup Final in 2005, and has held several world records.

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Olympic medalists in shooting | Olympic champions in men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Ioannis Phrangoudis | Maurice Larrouy | Alfred Lane | Guilherme Paraense | Henry Marvin Bailey | Renzo Morigi | Cornelius van Oyen | Károly Takács (twice) | Stefan Petrescu | William McMillan | Pentti Linnosvuo | Jozef Zapedzki (twice) | Norbert Klaar | Corneliu Ion | Takeo Kamachi | Afanasijs Kuzmins | Ralf Schumann (three times) | Sergei Alifirenko