Christian Klees

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Olympic medal record
Men's shooting
Gold 1996 Atlanta 50 m rifle prone

Christian Klees (born June 24, 1968 in Eutin) is a German former sport shooter, the only shooter since the 1989 target change to have achieved the maximum score (600) in the 50 m Rifle Prone position event at the Olympic Games. He did this at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His excellent final of 104.8 (out of maximal 109.0) also gave him the gold medal in fierce competition, as well as an aggregate result that is still as of 2007 the world record. Klees left the international shooting scene after the 2001 season.

Current world records held in 50 m Rifle Prone
Men Qualification 600 Flag of the Soviet Union Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS)
Flag of Yugoslavia Stevan Pletikosić (YUG)
Flag of France Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA)
Flag of Germany Christian Klees (GER)
Flag of Belarus Sergei Martynov (BLR)
Flag of the United States Thomas Tamas (USA)
Flag of Belarus Sergei Martynov (BLR)
Flag of Belarus Sergei Martynov (BLR)
Flag of Belarus Petr Litvinchuk (BLR)
Flag of Austria Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)
Flag of Austria Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)
Flag of Germany Christian Lusch (GER)
Flag of the United States Eric Uptagrafft (USA)
Flag of France Valerian Sauveplane (FRA)
Flag of Belarus Sergei Martynov (BLR)
Flag of Belarus Sergei Martynov (BLR)
Flag of the United States Matthew Emmons (USA)
Flag of Israel Guy Starik (ISR)
July 13, 1989
August 29, 1991
April 27, 1994
July 25, 1996
May 23, 1997
July 29, 1998
September 4, 1998
June 8, 2000
June 11, 2003
July 18, 2003
March 3, 2004
October 27, 2004
May 11, 2005
May 11, 2005
August 26, 2005
March 29, 2006
May 9, 2007
May 18, 2008
Zagreb (YUG)
Munich (GER)
Havana (CUB)
Atlanta (USA)
Munich (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Buenos Aires (ARG)
Munich (GER)
Munich (GER)
Plzen (CZE)
Sydney (AUS)
Bangkok (THA)
Fort Benning (USA)
Fort Benning (USA)
Munich (GER)
Guangzhou (CHN)
Bangkok (THA)
Munich (GER)
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Final 704.8 Flag of Germany Christian Klees (GER) (600+104.8)
Flag of Australia Warren Potent (AUS) (599+105.8)
July 25, 1996
April 18, 2008
Atlanta (USA)
Beijing (CHN)
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