Toshikazu Yamashita
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Japan |
| Born |
21 February 1977 Komatsushima, Tokushima, Japan |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) |
10 m air rifle (AR40) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) |
| Club | Japan Self Defense Forces |
Toshikazu Yamashita (山下 敏和 Yamashita Toshikazu, born February 21, 1977 in Komatsushima, Tokushima) is a Japanese sport shooter.[1] Yamashita represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events.
In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Yamashita was able to hit a total of 590 points within six attempts, finishing twenty-eighth in the qualifying rounds.[2] Few days later, he placed eighteenth in the 50 m rifle prone, by one target behind Belarus' Petr Litvinchuk from the final attempt, with a total score of 593 points.[3] In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Yamashita was able to shoot 399 targets in a prone position, 382 in standing, and 386 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,167 points, finishing only in sixteenth place.[4]
References
- ↑ "Toshikazu Yamashita". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 January 2013.