Zhang Tian

Zhang Tian
Personal information
Nationality  China
Born 30 September 1980
Nei Monggol, China
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
Club Ningxia Sports Club[1]
Coached by Wang Yi Fu[1][2]
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Tian (simplified Chinese: 张添; traditional Chinese: 張添; pinyin: Zhāng Tiān; born September 30, 1980 in Nei Monggol) is a Chinese sport shooter.[1][3] He won a silver medal in the men's free pistol at the 2012 ISSF World Cup series in Milan, Italy, with a total score of 664.6 points, earning him a spot on the Chinese team for the Olympics.[2][4]

Zhang represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 50 m pistol, along with his teammate Wang Zhiwei who eventually won the bronze medal in the final. Zhang scored a total of 553 points in the qualifying rounds, two inner tens behind Italy's Francesco Bruno, finishing in twenty-fifth place.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Zhang Tian". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "ISSF Profile – Zhang Tian". ISSF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. "Zhang Tian". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. "Mikec won 50m Pistol final, while Italy's Giordano climbed from 8th to 3rd place". ISSF. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

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